Ivan Manokha

Ivan Manokha is a departmental lecturer in the Oxford Department of International Development. He is currently working on power and obedience in the late-modern political economy, particularly in the context of the development of new technologies of surveillance.

How data-mining companies are set to gain from the COVID-19 pandemic

Their business model, challenged by numerous activists and analysts, is likely to gain further public acceptance, to the detriment of democracy.

By Ivan Manokha

/ 31 Mar 2020

How data-mining companies are set to gain from the COVID-19 pandemic

Buffoons are taking over the court: the danger of modern politics as spectacle

Modern ‘buffoons’ now take centre stage: but this is no longer a cathartic accessory to politics, it is politics.

By Ivan Manokha

/ 9 Apr 2019

Buffoons are taking over the court: the danger of modern politics as spectacle

Opposing labour market Uberculosis

Uber is appealing the ruling that its drivers deserve workers’ rights. Meanwhile its drivers show strike action is possible against ‘platform capitalism’.

By Ivan Manokha

/ 30 Oct 2018

‘Cambridge Analytica’: surveillance is the DNA of the Platform Economy

The current social mobilization against Facebook resembles the actions of activists who, in opposition to neoliberal globalization, smash a McDonald’s window during a demonstration.

By Ivan Manokha

/ 23 Mar 2018

‘Cambridge Analytica’: surveillance is the DNA of the Platform Economy

The current social mobilization against Facebook resembles the actions of activists who, in opposition to neoliberal globalization, smash a McDonald’s window during a demonstration.

By Ivan Manokha

/ 23 Mar 2018