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Conflicts of interest and the role of governments in tobacco control. [PDF]

Tob Induc Dis
Bover PC, Huber L, Salgado L, Bostic C.
europepmc   +1 more source

THE CHAINMAKER: How Intermediaries Sustain Urban Policy Initiatives over Time

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Practitioners implementing urban climate initiatives are frequently faced with the intermittent nature of urban projects and the short‐termism of policy experiments. In this conjuncture, understanding how urban transformations are advanced necessitates grasping how small‐scale efforts are carried forward or sustained despite these brief time ...
HANNA HILBRANDT, ERANDI BARROSO OLMEDO, FRITZ‐JULIUS GRAFE   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Alcohol lobbying in Canada: a quantitative analysis of the federal registry of lobbyists. [PDF]

Health Promot Int
Grinberg A, Vallance K, Farkouh EK, Giesbrecht N, Wettlaufer A, Naimi TS.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

HYPERSCALING HOUSING: Venture Capital, Real Estate Start‐Ups and the Race to Build a Global Residential Brand

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract What happens when venture capitalists try to reinvent housing in their own image? Synonymous with the rise of Big Tech, venture capitalists (VCs) are asset managers that invest in early‐stage companies, pursuing aggressive growth and market domination. Since the 2008 financial crisis, VCs have poured huge sums into real estate start‐ups.
Tim White
wiley   +1 more source

"Who the hell is upstream pushing them all in?" Reclaiming public health's defining metaphor to counter the commercial determinants of health. [PDF]

PLOS Glob Public Health
van Schalkwyk MCI, Hawkins B, Collin J, Petticrew M.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

CONSULTANCY STATE: Government as (a) Service and the Anti‐politics of Technological Expertise in Indian Cities

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract This article analyses ideas of ‘good governance through technology’ in India that first emerged from the software industry, symbolizing state support for the ‘new middle‐class’ values of liberalized private enterprise. We suggest that the contemporary prominence of consulting firms in government represents a second transformation that embeds ...
Matt Birkinshaw, Sanjay Srivastava
wiley   +1 more source

Purdue's development of abuse-deterrent formulation opioids as a response to market competition: An industry documents analysis. [PDF]

SSM Qual Res Health
DiMario A, Knight K, Schmidt LA, Apollonio DE.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

VISUAL NEGOTIATIONS OF GENTRIFICATION IN TORONTO: Contestation, Politicization and Resistance through Urban Signage

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract This article engages signage as a medium through which urban stakeholders negotiate the politics of housing redevelopment and gentrification in cities. Focusing on Toronto, we examine housing‐related signage in three neighbourhoods where social mix approaches to redevelopment have ushered in gentrification: Parkdale, Regent Park, and Moss Park.
Lindi Jahiu, Jonathan Cinnamon, Agnieszka Leszczynski   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Barriers to raising taxes on tobacco products in Uganda: a political economy analysis. [PDF]

Health Policy Plan
Zakumumpa H, Paina L, Ssegujja E, Ssempala R, Ssengooba F.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

THE ANALOG CITY: Maintaining Everyday Life Through Repair and Jugaad

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Urban scholarship consistently discusses improvisation and heterogeneity as central to urban life in the global South. In this article, I bring together scholarship on urban improvisation and the digital world of smart cities to understand the city as analog.
Julia Corwin
wiley   +1 more source