@article{ART003375159},
author={Fernan Talamayan},
title={Neoliberal Governance and the Politics of Platform-Based Gig Work in Southeast Asia},
journal={Asia Review},
issn={2234-0386},
year={2026},
volume={16},
number={2},
pages={317-351}
TY - JOUR
AU - Fernan Talamayan
TI - Neoliberal Governance and the Politics of Platform-Based Gig Work in Southeast Asia
JO - Asia Review
PY - 2026
VL - 16
IS - 2
PB - 아시아연구소
SP - 317
EP - 351
SN - 2234-0386
AB - Over the past decade, platform-based delivery and ride-hailing services have expanded rapidly across Southeast Asia, reshaping urban labor markets and daily life. This study examines how platform companies reorganize labor gov- ernance in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam. Using a structured-focused comparative ap- proach, it analyzes four interrelated dimensions of the platform labor regime: wage structures, algorithmic control and work organization, risk and cost shifting, and (the absence of) social protection. Examining these dimensions through the frameworks of platform capitalism and governmentality, the study argues that delivery and mobility platforms operate as instruments of neoliberal governance, disciplining labor through algorithmic management while system- atically shifting financial and occupational risks onto workers. The study finds that platform capitalism has deepened the region’s labor precarity, even as workers increasingly push back against platform-imposed conditions.
KW - Platform Capitalism;Neoliberal Governmentality;Gig Economy;Informal Labor;Algorithmic Management;Worker Resistance
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Fernan Talamayan. (2026). Neoliberal Governance and the Politics of Platform-Based Gig Work in Southeast Asia. Asia Review, 16(2), 317-351.
Fernan Talamayan. 2026, "Neoliberal Governance and the Politics of Platform-Based Gig Work in Southeast Asia", Asia Review, vol.16, no.2 pp.317-351.
Fernan Talamayan "Neoliberal Governance and the Politics of Platform-Based Gig Work in Southeast Asia" Asia Review 16.2 pp.317-351 (2026) : 317.
Fernan Talamayan. Neoliberal Governance and the Politics of Platform-Based Gig Work in Southeast Asia. 2026; 16(2), 317-351.
Fernan Talamayan. "Neoliberal Governance and the Politics of Platform-Based Gig Work in Southeast Asia" Asia Review 16, no.2 (2026) : 317-351.
Fernan Talamayan. Neoliberal Governance and the Politics of Platform-Based Gig Work in Southeast Asia. Asia Review, 16(2), 317-351.
Fernan Talamayan. Neoliberal Governance and the Politics of Platform-Based Gig Work in Southeast Asia. Asia Review. 2026; 16(2) 317-351.
Fernan Talamayan. Neoliberal Governance and the Politics of Platform-Based Gig Work in Southeast Asia. 2026; 16(2), 317-351.
Fernan Talamayan. "Neoliberal Governance and the Politics of Platform-Based Gig Work in Southeast Asia" Asia Review 16, no.2 (2026) : 317-351.
