Colin C Williams

A Commodified World?

Mapping the Limits of Capitalism

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Produktbeschreibung

A Commodified World critiques the notion that in Late Capitalism all economic relations become always ever more commodified, while 'non-capitalist' activities disappear. It demonstrates that a combination of new 'cultures of resistance' all constrain this tendency or even threaten to reverse it. Colin Williams finds that, even in the advanced economies, a non-commodified realm persists that is as large as the commodified sphere and growing relative to it. He draws on extensive empirical evidence of trends and new patterns of economic activity - including changes in women's participation, differences between wealthy and poor urban areas, and between urban and rural sectors. He explores non-commodified practices of resistance. And he concludes that governments and communities, by de-coupling production and consumption from the commodified realm, could open up alternative development paths.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic
• Seitenzahl: 308
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 142mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 399g
• ISBN-13: 9781842773550
• ISBN-10: 1842773550
• Artikelnr.: 22052695

Autorenporträt

Colin C. Williams

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction Part 1: The Penetration of Commodification: A Critical
Evaluation 2. The Commodification Thesis 3. Subsistence Work 4.
Non-Monetised Exchange 5. Not-for-Profit Monetised Exchange Part 2: The
Uneven Contours of Commodification 6. Socio-Economic Disparities 7. The
Uneven Geographies of Commodification 8. Gender and Commodification 9.
Beyond the Advanced Economies Part 3: Future Options and their Implications
10. Towards a Commodified World 11. Doing Nothing 12. Fostering Plural
Economies Part 4: Beyond a Commodified World 13. Cultivating Work beyond
the Commodity Economy 14. Conclusions