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New ways in critical management and organization studies: Honneth and the method of normative reconstruction. [PDF]

Front Sociol
Visser M.
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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

CHINESE UNIVERSITIES AS URBAN DEVELOPERS: The Tale of Two Innovation Complexes in Nanjing, China

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Chinese universities are important but undertheorized players in the production of urban built environments. Most work focuses on purpose‐built university towns, neglecting the redevelopment of underutilized downtown campuses. Therefore, this article considers how two publicly funded universities in Nanjing attempted to establish ‘innovation ...
Hao Chen, Yunpeng Zhang
wiley   +1 more source

Platforms as laboratories of the social: How digital capitalism matters for computational social research in North America. [PDF]

Soc Stud Sci
Ak O.
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Race and Rights in the Digital Age [PDF]

, 2018
Powell, Catherine
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TikTok: Platform Capitalism and Prosumer Culture

Reinvention: an International Journal of Undergraduate Research, 2023
Nadège Studeny, Jazir Mohammed
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EPISTEMIC EXTRACTIVISM IN ENGAGED URBAN AND HOUSING RESEARCH: Implications and Counter‐measures

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract What is ‘epistemic extractivism’, and how does it affect researchers who are engaged in urban and housing movements? This essay first explores the contexts of both engaged research and epistemic extractivism, clarifying their meanings and implications. It also disentangles the ethical and methodological risks posed by epistemic extractivism in
Miguel A. Martínez
wiley   +1 more source

Market, power, gift, and concession economies: Comparison using four-mode primitive network models. [PDF]

PLoS One
Kato T, Miyakoshi J, Owa M, Mine R.
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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

Rethinking social action through the info-ecological dimensions of two collaborative public health platforms: the people's health movement and the citizen sense project platforms as examples of health-net-activism. [PDF]

Front Sociol
Surrenti S, Di Felice M.
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