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- This book is a open access, which mean you have free and unlimited access to
- Provides new knowledge regarding creative industries, solidarity and care sectors, and COVID-19 pandemic
- Consider the development of the collaborative economy with a European focus
- Provides a multilevel perspective and combines topics at the global, European, national, and regional levels
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This open access book considers the development of the sharing and collaborative economy with a European focus, mapping across economic sectors, and country-specific case studies. It looks at the roles the sharing economy plays in sharing and redistribution of goods and services across the population in order to maximise their functionality, monetary exchange, and other aspects important to societies. It also looks at the place of the sharing economy among various policies and how the contexts of public policies, legislation, digital platforms, and other infrastructure interrelate with the development and function of the sharing economy.
The book will help in understanding the future (sharing) economy models as well as to contribute in solving questions of better access to resources and sustainable innovation in the context of degrowth and growing inequalities within and between societies. It will also provide a useful source for solutions to the big challenges of our times such as climate change, the loss of biodiversity, and recently the coronavirus disease pandemic (COVID-19).
This book will be of interest to academics and students in economics and business, organisational studies, sociology, media and communication and computer science.
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Table of contents (18 chapters)
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Introduction
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Development of the Sharing Economy in Europe
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Mapping Sectors of the Sharing Economy in European Countries
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Country-Specific Case Studies
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Vida Česnuitytė PhD in sociology, is an Associated Professor, and Head of the Sociological Research Laboratory at the Mykolas Romeris University (Vilnius, Lithuania).
Andrzej Klimczuk PhD, is a sociologist and public policy expert and an assistant professor at the SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Poland.
Gabriela Avram PhD, is Lecturer in Digital Media and Interaction Design and senior researcher at the Interaction Design Centre of the University of Limerick (Ireland).
Cristina Miguel PhD is a Senior Lecturer in Digital Communication at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Sharing Economy in Europe
Book Subtitle: Developments, Practices, and Contradictions
Editors: Vida Česnuitytė, Andrzej Klimczuk, Cristina Miguel, Gabriela Avram
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-86897-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-86896-3Published: 22 January 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-86899-4Published: 22 January 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-86897-0Published: 21 January 2022
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXXIII, 413
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 3 illustrations in colour
Topics: Economics, general, Economic Growth