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Resisting and Reinforcing the ‘Entrepreneurial City’

By Matthew Nelson — April 10th, 2008
Resisting and Reinforcing the ‘Entrepreneurial City’: Labour’s Contradictory Role in the Upcoming 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver  As Vancouver prepares for the upcoming Winter Olympics in 2010, the bid process has dominated urban discourse with its aim to transform Vancouver into a ‘world-class,’ competitive global-city. This …



Governance 2.0: Virtual Space, Virtual Economies

By Eliot Che — April 1st, 2008
What do virtual worlds mean for governance, production and identity? What is the relationship between these new spaces and contemporary capitalism? In this paper, I explore some of the political-economic implications of technological transformation and reflect on the social effects of producing, communicating and existing …