[Commlist] new book: Becoming a Platform in Europe: On the Governance of the Collaborative Economy

https://www.nowpublishers.com/article/BookDetails/9781680838404

Becoming a Platform in Europe: On the Governance of the Collaborative 
Economy


Edited by Maurizio Teli, Aalborg University | Chiara Bassetti, Italian 
National Research Council (CNR) and University of Trento

Publication Date: 19 Oct 2021

Suggested Citation: Maurizio Teli (ed.), Chiara Bassetti (ed.) (2021), 
"Becoming a Platform in Europe: On the Governance of the Collaborative 
Economy", Boston-Delft: now publishers, 
http://dx.doi.org/10.1561/9781680838411


 Description

Emerging out of the collaborative work conducted within the Working 
Group “Mechanisms to activate and support the collaborative economy” of 
the COST Action “From Sharing to Caring: Examining Socio-Technical 
Aspects of the Collaborative Economy”, the book questions the varied set 
of organizational forms collected under the label of “collaborative” or 
“sharing” economy — ranging from grassroots peer-to-peer solidarity 
initiatives to corporate owned platforms — from the perspective of what 
is known as the European social values: respect for human dignity and 
human rights (including those of minorities), freedom, democracy, 
equality, and the rule of law. Therefore, the edited collection focuses 
on the governance of such economic activities, and how they organize 
labour, cooperation and social life. From individual motivations to 
participating, to platform use by local groups, until platform design in 
its political as well as technological dimensions, the book provides a 
comparative overview and critical discussion on the processes, 
narratives and organizational models at play in the collaborative 
economy. On such a basis, the volume offers tools, suggestions and 
visions for the future that may inform the designing of policies, 
technologies, and business models in Europe.

Table of Contents


    Frontmatter

    Maurizio Teli | Chiara Bassetti
    Pages i-viii

    Chapter 1. Introduction: Questioning the Collaborative Economy

    Maurizio Teli | Chiara Bassetti

    Chapter 2. Socio-environmental Determinants of Willingness to 
Participate in the Collaborative Economy

    Filip Majetić | Rodrigo Perez-Vega

    Chapter 3. The Influence of Demographics, Attitudinal and 
Behavioural Characteristics on Motives to Participate in the Sharing 
Economy and Expected Benefits of Participation

    Julijana Angelovska | Anita Čeh Časni | Christoph Lutz

    Chapter 4. In the Scenario of Sustainable Mobility and Pandemic 
Emergency: Experiences of Bike- and E-Scooter-Sharing Schemes in 
Budapest, Lisbon, Rome and Vilnius

    Vera Diogo | Venere Stefania Sanna | Aniko Bernat | Egle Vaiciukynaite

    Chapter 5. Why Are We Still Using Facebook? The Platform Paradox in 
Collaborative Community Initiatives

    Chiara Rossitto | Airi Lampinen | Ann Light | Vera Diogo | Aniko 
Bernat | Penny Travlou

    Chapter 6. Designing for Motivations: Building on Two Local 
Communities Cases

    Veronica Cruciani | Myriam Lewkowicz

    Chapter 7. Towards a Political Definition of the Sharing Economy: 
Reflections on the Development of a Sharing Economy Initiative Outside 
of Big Cities

    Hannelore Goyens | Liesbeth Huybrechts

    Chapter 8. Assessing Perspectives and Opportunities of Airbnb Hosts 
in Albania

    Sindiola Koka | Alba Kruja (Demneri) | Eglantina Hysa

    Chapter 9. The Open Source Platform Federation Business Model

    Justin Larner

    Chapter 10. Legal and Organizational Aspects of Labour Relations in 
the Collaborative Economy

    Kosjenka Dumančić | Ivana Načinović Braje | Ana Aleksić

    Chapter 11. Mapping the Impact: Assessment Methodologies and Policy 
Implications of the Collaborative and Sharing Economy

    Venere Stefania Sanna | Laura Michelini

    Chapter 12. Rethinking the Stack: New Narratives for an Era of 
Collective Intelligences

    David Crombie | Revathi Kollegala | Soenke Zehle

    Chapter 13. Mapping the Landscape of Sharing and Cooperativism for 
Design Research and Practice

    Özge Subaşı | Anton Fedosov | Oliver Bates

    Index

    About the Editors

    Contributing Authors


    ISBN: 978-1-68083-840-4
    325 pp. Price: $120.00

ISBN: 978-1-68083-841-1
325 pp.

    This is published under the terms of CC BY-NC

Copyright © 2021 now publishers inc.
Boston - Delft
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