世界の商品化？：資本主義の限界 A Commodified World : Mapping the Limits of Capitalism

Williams, Colin C.

Zed Books Ltd（2005/03発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 320 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781842773550
• DDC分類 330.122

基本説明

The author 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.

Full Description

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.

Contents

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