This article explores the politics of ‘freelance feminism’ by drawing on 30 qualitative in-depth interviews with digital feminist activists. By documenting and analysing different ways in which activism can be monetised, shows that potential to generate income is frequently discussed by, contemplated among, As this argues, monetisation goes beyond application market principles political protest...

How do we explain the dynamic processes that underlie institutional change? This is a crucial — and still unresolved — question for the social sciences. Sociologists have tended to analyze institutional change in terms of agency, focusing on the key role of entrepreneurial actors in shaping institutional outcomes (Fligstein and McAdam, 2011) . Rational choice scholars in political science and p...

Since the 1980s US city governments have increased their use of more speculative means financing economic redevelopment. This has involved experimenting with a variety financial and taxation instruments as way growing economies redeveloping built environments. very general tendency, course, masks how some cities done well through these while others not. The work to date tended pivot around “win...

China’s eco-cities are often regarded as branding tactics of the entrepreneurial local state for economic growth and land revenue generation. However, it is not clear whether ecological goal has been pursued at all. This paper fills this lacuna using a case study Taihu New Town. Through an fix perspective we suggest that enhancement through production nature attempted in conjunction with built ...

In this article, I examine the household-based ventures of industrial laborers in context recent economic crisis, Chalkida, Greece, a mid-sized post-industrial city where conducted fieldwork from April 2015 to December 2016. investigate grassroots projects and meanings entrepreneurialism. focus my analysis on household scale by bringing together political economy, history ethnography. assess im...

Small resource-based communities across Canada are experiencing rapid change within a volatile, fluctuating global economy. As seek to diversify their economies, they enduring complex provincial and federal neoliberal policy environments that offer fewer funding resources while offloading more responsibilities onto local governments. Drawing upon the case studies of Burns Lake, British Columbia...

The promises of flexible work and instant deliveries promoted through food delivery apps are one the latest trends within “gig economy” lay at forefront smart city agendas. This article focuses on undertaken by Deliveroo couriers to investigate how they embody, negotiate, contest “smartness” platform. Drawing ethnographic research in London Manchester, analysis internal online communication, in...

A recent round of academic analyses (e.g., Castells, M., 1996. The Rise of the Network Society. Blackwell, Oxford) are emphasizing the e€ective production and translation of knowledge as a critical factor in establishing a sustainable post-Fordist regime. A notable inference of these accounts is that such productions and translations appear to be gravitating towards certain regions. In an emerg...

In recent years, urban governance has become Increasingly preoccupied with the exploration of new ways in which to foster and encourage local development and employment growth. Such an entrepreneurial stance contrasts with the managerial practices of earlier decades which primarily focussed on the local provision of services, facilities and benefits to urban populations. This paper explores the...