Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in
Palgrave Macmillan
Book cover

Technology and Inequality

Concentrated Wealth in a Digital World

  • Book
  • © 2017

Overview

Authors:
  1. Jonathan P. Allen

    1. School of Management, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, USA

    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed   Google Scholar

  • Offers an up-to-date, academic-quality survey of technology and inequality, not limited to sociology or economics but focused on business and technology practice—how technology companies behave
  • Uses current, business-oriented case studies: search, social media, sharing economy
  • Focuses on wealth concentration and financial data
  • Provides usable frameworks for analysis
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this book

Log in via an institution
eBook USD 54.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Hardcover Book USD 69.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Other ways to access

Licence this eBook for your library

Institutional subscriptions

Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
    Download chapter PDF

  2. Why Is Inequality Increasing in a Digital World?

    • Jonathan P. Allen
    Pages 1-23

  3. Information Technology and Wealth Concentration

    • Jonathan P. Allen
    Pages 25-41

  4. The Digital Economy: New Markets, New Gatekeepers

    • Jonathan P. Allen
    Pages 43-59

  5. Regulation and Taxation: The New Digital Advantage

    • Jonathan P. Allen
    Pages 61-76

  6. Models, Mediation, and Mobilization: A Framework for Analyzing Technology and Inequality

    • Jonathan P. Allen
    Pages 77-92

  7. Technology and Inequality Case Study: Search

    • Jonathan P. Allen
    Pages 93-106

  8. Technology and Inequality Case Study: Social Media

    • Jonathan P. Allen
    Pages 107-119

  9. Technology and Inequality Case Study: The Sharing Economy

    • Jonathan P. Allen
    Pages 121-135

  10. Restoring Technology as an Engine of Opportunity

    • Jonathan P. Allen
    Pages 137-154

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 155-158
    Download chapter PDF
Back to top

Keywords

About this book

This book will summarize what we know about technology and inequality across disciplines, and seek out new ways to analyze this relationship based on technology and business practices, with the objective of restoring digital technology as an engine of opportunity. Besides the unique focus on the role of technology in inequality, the book will have a unifying theme of tracing wealth creation and wealth capture in the technology sector, and relating specific practices—what technology companies actually do—to larger shifts in wealth and power. A clear conceptual framework will be used to analyze key industry case studies: search engines, social media, and the ‘sharing’ economy. 

Authors and Affiliations

  • School of Management, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, USA

    Jonathan P. Allen

About the author

Jonathan P. Allen is a Professor in the Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Strategy Department of the School of Management, University of San Francisco, USA. His research interests include the digital transformation of organizations and society, the design and use of open technologies, and digital entrepreneurship. 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Technology and Inequality

  • Book Subtitle: Concentrated Wealth in a Digital World

  • Authors: Jonathan P. Allen

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56958-1

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-56957-4Published: 11 July 2017

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-56958-1Published: 27 June 2017

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 158

  • Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Innovation/Technology Management, IT in Business, Digital/New Media

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Back to top

Search

Navigation