Shai Karp
Biographic Data
| ID | 334949 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Shai Karp |
| GIVEN NAMES | Shai |
| FAMILY NAME | Karp |
| SIGNATURE | KARP S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Northwestern University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4577-5390 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Private Government at Home: Landlord Power and Rental Residential Domination in the United States
What if we think of landlords as petty tyrants? I argue that this specifically political question has been missing in analyses and diagnoses of the crisis in housing. Approaching the political conditions within landlord-tenant relations, I argue that rental housing is a sphere where people are subject to substantial unaccountable power in ways that drastically limit their autonomy, that is, domination. First, I develop a theoretical analysis thro…
Performing Social Control: Poverty Governance, Public Finance, and the Politics of Visibility
The visibility of populations, policies, and the state matters greatly for questions of power, inequality, and democratic life. This article builds on existing scholarship by examining how visibility operates as a lever and effect of social control in a racially and economically stratified society. By doing so, the article identifies a paradox. Race- and class-empowered groups often pressure state actors to implement punitive policies or otherwis…
Private Government at Home: Landlord Power and Rental Residential Domination in the United States
What if we think of landlords as petty tyrants? I argue that this specifically political question has been missing in analyses and diagnoses of the crisis in housing. Approaching the political conditions within landlord-tenant relations, I argue that rental housing is a sphere where people are subject to substantial unaccountable power in ways that drastically limit their autonomy, that is, domination. First, I develop a theoretical analysis thro…
Performing Social Control: Poverty Governance, Public Finance, and the Politics of Visibility
The visibility of populations, policies, and the state matters greatly for questions of power, inequality, and democratic life. This article builds on existing scholarship by examining how visibility operates as a lever and effect of social control in a racially and economically stratified society. By doing so, the article identifies a paradox. Race- and class-empowered groups often pressure state actors to implement punitive policies or otherwis…
Performing Social Control: Poverty Governance, Public Finance, and the Politics of Visibility
The visibility of populations, policies, and the state matters greatly for questions of power, inequality, and democratic life. This article builds on existing scholarship by examining how visibility operates as a lever and effect of social control in a racially and economically stratified society. By doing so, the article identifies a paradox. Race- and class-empowered groups often pressure state actors to implement punitive policies or otherwis…
Private Government at Home: Landlord Power and Rental Residential Domination in the United States
What if we think of landlords as petty tyrants? I argue that this specifically political question has been missing in analyses and diagnoses of the crisis in housing. Approaching the political conditions within landlord-tenant relations, I argue that rental housing is a sphere where people are subject to substantial unaccountable power in ways that drastically limit their autonomy, that is, domination. First, I develop a theoretical analysis thro…
Economics (2 works) · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Business (1 works) · Corporate governance (1 works) · Economic growth (1 works) · Finance (1 works) · Government (linguistics (1 works) · Homelessness and Social Issues (1 works)