{"product_id":"just-code-jeffrey-r-yost-9781421452111","title":"Just Code: Power, Inequality, and the Political Economy of It","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow code shapes power and inequality across technology, governance, and global political economies.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCode--whether software routines, legal frameworks, or informal social norms--shapes the world around us in profound and often invisible ways. In \u003ci\u003eJust Code\u003c\/i\u003e, editors Jeffrey R. Yost and Gerardo Con D?az bring together a diverse group of scholars to examine how different forms of code both structure and reinforce power dynamics across societies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom algorithmic bias in artificial intelligence to global labor practices, this collection uncovers the hidden mechanisms by which code perpetuates inequality and injustice. This volume explores the connections among technology, governance, and socioeconomic systems to reveal how code is both a tool of control and a product of the power structures it enables. Contributors analyze topics such as platform economies, algorithmic collusion, and labor practices in the tech industry, as well as how systems of representation and communication encode biases that amplify racial, gendered, and economic inequalities. These essays provide a critical lens to understand how code intersects with politics and global cultures of technology production and use.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy broadening the concept of \"code\" to include legal, social, and cultural systems, this collection challenges readers to see beyond the technical and interrogate the structures of power embedded in every layer of modern life.\u003ci\u003e Just Code\u003c\/i\u003e introduces a new framework for understanding the relationships among information technologies, systemic inequities, and the political economies that sustain them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jeffrey R. Yost\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1421452111\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781421452111\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/25\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.00w x 1.02d","brand":"Jeffrey R. Yost","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46767419818239,"sku":"9781421452111","price":64.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7938fb94-9a38-4cc3-81d0-b2a03791db57.jpg?v=1744169760","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/just-code-jeffrey-r-yost-9781421452111","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}