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Spencer, D. (2016). Work in and beyond the Second Machine Age: The politics of production and digital technologies. Work, Employment, & Society, 1–11. doi:10.1177/0950017016645716

Abstract: Spencer offers a Marxist critique the thesis of “The Second Machine Age.” He argues for the need to consider power differentials and politics of production when weighing the advantages gained by workers and the potential changes in economic circumstance of workers displaced or exploited by technological shifts in work and employment.

Wilson, I. (2015). Ends changed, means retained: Scholarship programs, political influence, and drifting goals. The British Journal of Politics and International Relations, 17, 130–151.

Abstract: This article presents an evaluation of “the opinion leader” model, the practice of offering scholarships to international students attending schools in the UK and other high-income countries, as a means of promoting future public opinion in other countries. The assumption underlying this model is that scholarship recipients have characteristics that will facilitate their careers as political, economic, and social leaders upon returning to their home countries.