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The politics of Uber in Quebec. A discursive institutionalist study

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  • Urwana Coiquaud
  • Lucie Morissette

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Digital platforms have led to the disruption of public policy in many sectors. Five years after the arrival of Uber in Quebec (Canada), the old regulatory framework was replaced by a policy which espouses the business model of the multinational. Following the discursive institutionalist approach, this research reveals the dynamic by which Uber penetrated the political sphere to take advantage of it and the roles of ideas and institutions in legitimizing the transformations.

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  • Urwana Coiquaud & Lucie Morissette, 2022. "The politics of Uber in Quebec. A discursive institutionalist study," Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 61(1), pages 91-108, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:indres:v:61:y:2022:i:1:p:91-108
    DOI: 10.1111/irel.12298
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    1. Martin B. Carstensen & Christian Lyhne Ibsen & Vivien A. Schmidt, 2022. "Ideas and power in employment relations studies," Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 61(1), pages 3-21, January.

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