Power in Numbers
A Call for Analytical Generosity toward New Political Strategies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4890699 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tate Hamilton (0000-0002-1425-4138, Department of Geography, State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo, 105 Wilkeson Quad, North Campus, Buffalo, NY 14261, USA, corresponding author), Trina Hamilton |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 284-301 |
| Publication date | 2009-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environment and Planning A Economy and Space (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0308-518X • E-ISSN: 1472-3409 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1068/a413 |
| OpenAlex | W2105764691 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 34 |
This paper is a methodological and epistemological reflection on the power of numbers to contribute to the debate over the potential and limitations of market politics as a regulatory force in the global economy. Informal regulatory networks, including transnational corporate campaigns, form a new sphere of politics which leap-frogs the state and targets corporations directly concerning their social and environmental impacts. I describe my statistical analysis of corporate campaigns targeting US multinationals to argue in favor of analytical generosity when evaluating these new political forms. I argue that a reflexive and critical quantification can provide new insights into stakeholder power and contemporary political processes
Economic system · Economics · Generosity · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Public relations · Reflexivity · Social science · Sociology · Stakeholder · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice · Law · Management and Organizational Studies · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,39 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2013 (6) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |