Browsing Sociology, Department of by Subject "Political Economy"
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Labour, Heritage, and the Politics of Difference: Working Class History Museums in the Changing City
(2016-04-15)As a contemporary communications medium, the museum has undergone significant reinvention and reorientation of purpose within the past several decades. While the late twentieth century saw the rise of a fundamental reimagining ... -
The Reproduction of Social Disadvantage in South Africa: mapping consumer credit scoring onto the ANC’s policy of ‘social transformation’
(2016-11-01)South Africa has the continent’s most sophisticated banking and credit systems with approximately 19 million credit-active consumers. Their credit profiles are based on automated algorithmic assessments that generate data ... -
Topological Prosperity: Tracing the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America
(2011-08-29)This thesis synthesizes theoretical and methodological insights of actor-network theory with the political economy of communication in order to trace the history of the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America, ...