Markus P. Urban investigates the influence of large shareholders (the so-called blockholders) on agency costs and firm value, thereby accounting for blockholder characteristics and blockholder interrelationships.  Meer

This book carefully examines the constraints and possibilities for participatory governance under capitalism. Bridging critical urban studies and democratic theory, it will be of interest to researchers and students in the fields of democratic innovations, political economy, and urban planning.  Meer

Can people use new participatory spaces to reclaim their rights as citizens and challenge structures of political power? This book carefully examines the constraints and possibilities for participatory governance under capitalism.  Meer