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THE LEGITIMACY TRAP: Street Vending Heterogeneity and Selective Enforcement in San Francisco

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Literature on street vending regulation often emphasizes the challenges in enforcing legal frameworks due to unclear laws or insufficient state capacity. However, it tends to overlook diversity among vendors themselves along crucial parameters such as spatial location, community ties and processes of goods procurement.
Irene Farah
wiley   +1 more source

Navigating the plastic crisis : How Commitments Can Lead to Polycentric Governance. [PDF]

EMBO Rep
Braun M, Hornidge AK.
europepmc   +1 more source

PARTY‐STATE URBANISM: Coevolution of Local State Capacity and Strategic Alliances in Shenzhen

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract What is distinct about Chinese urban governance? Classic theories predict that when the central state retreats from resource allocation, capacity‐strained local governments must form alliances with non‐state actors, thereby diluting state power. In China, however, state power remains dominant despite decentralization.
Yunhan Wen
wiley   +1 more source

How to advance employment discrimination research in an era of big data and analytics. [PDF]

Front Sociol
Lopez YP, LaVan H, Martin WM.
europepmc   +1 more source

GOVERNING THE CLOUD: Infrastructural Statecraft and the Political Ecology of Digital Expansion in Oregon

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Oregon's wave of data center and semiconductor projects shows how cloud capitalism reorganizes resource systems and territorial governance. Examining Amazon, Google, and Intel, the article traces how fiscal incentives, utility programs, and land‐use instruments are recalibrated to secure hyperscale loads.
Justin Kollar
wiley   +1 more source

Optimizing water rights allocation for the Hebei section of China's South-to-North Water Diversion Middle Route Project using asymmetric game theory. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Zhang S, Guo D, Wang T, Wei S, Liu M, Zhao H.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

EVICT, NEGLECT, OR INVEST? Community Power and the Politics of Urban Informality Governance in Jakarta

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Why do some informal neighborhoods receive public investment while others are neglected or evicted? This article addresses the inconsistent governmental responses to informal settlements in Jakarta, Indonesia, during the democratic period. State actions range from violent evictions to tolerance and community‐led improvements.
Kadek Wara Urwasi
wiley   +1 more source

In search of common ground: Exploring value networks at the UNFCCC climate change talks. [PDF]

Netw Sci (Camb Univ Press)
Almquist ZW, Bagozzi B, Blinova D, Brown Z.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Gender, Families, and Wealth Accumulation Among the One‐Child Generation

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Prior literature on gender and wealth accumulation largely examines the role of families in reproducing inequalities. However, less attention has been paid to families without sons, a significant demographic, particularly within China's one‐child generation, that challenges conventional understandings of familial wealth dynamics.
Ye Liu
wiley   +1 more source

Québec Labour Confronts the Climate Crisis. [PDF]

Labor Stud J
MacDonald I.
europepmc   +1 more source