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Poverty mapping and sustainable transport: A neglected dimension (2015)
Journal Article
Grieco, M. (2015). Poverty mapping and sustainable transport: A neglected dimension. Research in Transportation Economics, 51, 3-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.retrec.2015.07.002

Building upon work conducted for the UNHabitat on the social sustainability of urban mobility and for UNECLAC on transport poverty in Latin America, this paper identifies the utility of poverty mapping in developing sustainable transport systems. The... Read More about Poverty mapping and sustainable transport: A neglected dimension.

Transport, the poor and moving towards low-carbon societies. (2013)
Journal Article
Grieco, M. (2013). Transport, the poor and moving towards low-carbon societies. Bulletin FAL, 318, 1-8

The discussion of poverty and transport globally, and within Latin America and the Caribbean with its “high degree of residential segregation of contemporary Latin American cities”,1 must increasingly take place within the context of the social su... Read More about Transport, the poor and moving towards low-carbon societies..

Transportation in African cities: an Institutional perspective. (2012)
Book Chapter
Grieco, M., & Crowther, D. (2012). Transportation in African cities: an Institutional perspective. In N. Brooks, K. Donaghy, & G. Knapp (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Urban Economics and Planning. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195380620.013.0037

Transportation in African cities takes place in a context where, with the exception of South Africa, the overall context of regional, national, and continental transport provision and connectivity is poor, and these poor levels of infrastructure supp... Read More about Transportation in African cities: an Institutional perspective..

Mobilities: new perspectives on transport and society. (2011)
Book
Grieco, M., & Urry, J. (Eds.). (2011). Mobilities: new perspectives on transport and society. Ashgate Publishing

Bringing together the leading authors currently working at the intersection of social science and transport science, this volume provides a companion to the well-established and extensive international Transport and Society series. Each chapter, and... Read More about Mobilities: new perspectives on transport and society..

Shadow factories, shallow skills? an analysis of work organisation in the aircraft industry in the Second World War (2011)
Journal Article
Little, S. E., & Grieco, M. (2011). Shadow factories, shallow skills? an analysis of work organisation in the aircraft industry in the Second World War. Labor History, 52, 193-216. https://doi.org/10.1080/0023656X.2011.571476

The relationship between design and the determination of social and skill practices has been under-considered within the literature. This paper investigates the relationship between design and skill transmission in the context of the Second World War... Read More about Shadow factories, shallow skills? an analysis of work organisation in the aircraft industry in the Second World War.

Identifying time-space constraints: a neglected element of the development discourse (2011)
Journal Article
Grieco, M., & Crowther, D. (2011). Identifying time-space constraints: a neglected element of the development discourse. Social responsibility journal, 7, 638-648. https://doi.org/10.1108/17471111111175182

Purpose – The purpose of this article is to provide conceptual provocation in the context of collective expertise on the identification of time-space constraints – a conceptual provocation that pushes understandings of routines and practices and the... Read More about Identifying time-space constraints: a neglected element of the development discourse.

Unions, technologies of coordination, and the changing contours of globally distributed power (2010)
Journal Article
Hogan, J., Nolan, P., & Grieco, M. (2010). Unions, technologies of coordination, and the changing contours of globally distributed power. Labor History, 51, 29-40. https://doi.org/10.1080/00236561003654701

This article explores the emergence and significance of new technologies of coordination for globally distributed social movements attempting to shape the power relationship between themselves and the forces of international business. It challenges t... Read More about Unions, technologies of coordination, and the changing contours of globally distributed power.

Big Pharma, social movements, international labour and the internet: critical perspectives on coordination. (2010)
Journal Article
Little, S. E., & Grieco, M. (2010). the internet: critical perspectives on coordination. Labor History, 51, 71-86. doi:10.1080/00236561003654750

There is a new political space within the dynamics of global organization. The technological needs of globalised capitalism have spawned a new information communication technology which has the capacity to enable and enhance the globalising of labo... Read More about Big Pharma, social movements, international labour and the internet: critical perspectives on coordination..

Gender and health: a social movement’s agenda for Big Pharma. (2010)
Journal Article
Grieco, M. (2010). Gender and health: a social movement’s agenda for Big Pharma. Wagadu, 8,

Social movements have an important new campaigning and organizing competence in new information communication technologies. These technologies also enable the members of social movements to readily research the accuracy of information: knowledge be... Read More about Gender and health: a social movement’s agenda for Big Pharma..

Failed and failing states: the challenges to African reconstruction. (2010)
Book
(2010). M. Ndulo, & M. Grieco (Eds.), Failed and failing states: the challenges to African reconstruction. Cambridge Scholars Publishing

State collapse is one of the major threats to peace, stability, and economic development in Sub-Sahara Africa today. In a collapsed state the regime finally wears out its ability to satisfy the demands of the various groups in society, fails to gover... Read More about Failed and failing states: the challenges to African reconstruction..

Linking transport to employment - pursuing the Millenium development goals. (2009)
Book Chapter
McQuaid, R. W. (2009). Linking transport to employment - pursuing the Millenium development goals. In M. Grieco, M. Ndalo, D. Bryceson, G. Porter, & T. McCray (Eds.), Africa, Trasnport and the Millenium Development Goals - achieving an internationally set agenda, 89-99. Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Edinburgh and the politics of congestion charging: negotiating road user charging with affected publics (2005)
Journal Article
McQuaid, R. W., & Grieco, M. (2005). Edinburgh and the politics of congestion charging: negotiating road user charging with affected publics. Transport Policy, 12(5), 475-476. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2005.06.005

The citizens of Edinburgh have just rejected a congestion charging scheme for this capital city. This short postscript examines the case for a full post-mortem, a post-mortem which must include the participation of those who said no.

Globalisation, collective action and counter‐coordination: The use of the new information communication technology by the Malaysian labour movement (2005)
Journal Article
Grieco, M., & Bhopal, M. (2005). Globalisation, collective action and counter‐coordination: The use of the new information communication technology by the Malaysian labour movement. Critical Perspectives on International Business, 1(2/3), 109-122. https://doi.org/10.1108/17422040510595627

This article aims to explore the use of new information communication technology by the Malaysian labour movement. New information communication technologies are undoubtedly globalising, but these same technologies can also be used by labour to retri... Read More about Globalisation, collective action and counter‐coordination: The use of the new information communication technology by the Malaysian labour movement.