Melissa Langworthy
Biographic Data
| ID | 4448884 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Melissa Langworthy |
| GIVEN NAMES | Melissa |
| FAMILY NAME | Langworthy |
| SIGNATURE | LANGWORTHY M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Independent researcher |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5499-1864 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Capitalism's Handmaidens
When we think of a “woman entrepreneur”, what comes to mind? Women entrepreneurs hold a dominant presence in political, social, economic and development imaginaries, as a global class of workers typifying the contemporary, neoliberal era. Their enterprise is readily proffered as the evidence of a nation’s progress, inclusion and development. International institutions, development banks, states, civil society groups, corporations and internationa…
Gender and Digital Platform Work During Turbulent Times
This commentary explores how the platform economy shapes labor market responses during times of crisis, with a focus on gendered experiences. Drawing on cases of economic crisis, natural disasters, and refugee displacement, it examines how digital labor platforms offer flexible work opportunities while also reinforcing existing inequalities. Women face distinct constraints—such as caregiving responsibilities, limited mobility, and economic insecu…
Rentier capitalism, social reproduction, and the limits of liberalism
This paper introduces the concept of citizenship rent to help explain the apparently contradictory coexistence of liberalising economic reforms and the entrenchment of patriarchal values. Citizenship rent (CR) is defined as the financial flows that move from the state to the citizen in the form of entitlements, employment, and access to state-subsidised goods, labour and business opportunities. Our innovative proposal substitutes transaction cost…
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Rentier capitalism, social reproduction, and the limits of liberalism
This paper introduces the concept of citizenship rent to help explain the apparently contradictory coexistence of liberalising economic reforms and the entrenchment of patriarchal values. Citizenship rent (CR) is defined as the financial flows that move from the state to the citizen in the form of entitlements, employment, and access to state-subsidised goods, labour and business opportunities. Our innovative proposal substitutes transaction cost…
Gender and Digital Platform Work During Turbulent Times
This commentary explores how the platform economy shapes labor market responses during times of crisis, with a focus on gendered experiences. Drawing on cases of economic crisis, natural disasters, and refugee displacement, it examines how digital labor platforms offer flexible work opportunities while also reinforcing existing inequalities. Women face distinct constraints—such as caregiving responsibilities, limited mobility, and economic insecu…
Capitalism's Handmaidens
When we think of a “woman entrepreneur”, what comes to mind? Women entrepreneurs hold a dominant presence in political, social, economic and development imaginaries, as a global class of workers typifying the contemporary, neoliberal era. Their enterprise is readily proffered as the evidence of a nation’s progress, inclusion and development. International institutions, development banks, states, civil society groups, corporations and internationa…
Politics (2 works) · Asset (computer security (1 work) · Capitalism (1 work) · Civil society (1 work) · Digital economy (1 work) · Digital Economy and Work Transformation (1 work) · Earnings (1 work) · Economic system (1 work) · Economics (1 work) · Elite Sociology and Global Capitalism (1 work)