A Commodified World: Mapping the Limits of CapitalismA 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. |
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... Barriers to Engagement in Non - commodified Work 230 Conclusions 239 13 Cultivating Work beyond the Commodity Economy Towards a Plural Economy , Not a Dual Society 241 Grassroots Initiatives to Foster Non - commodified Work 245 Top ...
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Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Commodification Thesis | 13 |
Subsistence Work | 31 |
Nonmonetized Exchange | 48 |
NotforProfit Monetized Exchange | 63 |
Socioeconomic Disparities | 85 |
31 | 99 |
The Uneven Geographies of Commodification | 112 |
6 Monthly income distributions for formal | 175 |
Towards a Commodified World | 183 |
employed out of choice | 197 |
Doing Nothing | 201 |
Fostering Plural Economies | 216 |
Cultivating Work beyond the Commodity Economy | 241 |
1 A comprehensive tax credit framework | 264 |
Conclusions | 268 |
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