Rethinking the Sharing Economy towards equality and social justice

Abstract

Sociology of digital institutions: Digital platforms can be analyed as institutions, allowing a rich analysis on the way they are built, how they operate and the impact they have in society

Transformative Sharing economy: Based on their institutional characteristics, we can separate commercial enterprises from transformative sharing economy models and focus on their possibilities.

Opportunities at the Base of the Pyramid: The sort of social competition promoted by the market economy creates inequality,while transformative sharing models allow a better overall use of resources andsatisfaction of social needs.