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Commodified World?
Colin C. Williams
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Description for Commodified World?
Paperback. Provides a critique of the assumption of increasing commodification in the modern economy. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: KCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 143 x 16. Weight in Grams: 402.
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 ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Zed Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781842773550
SKU
V9781842773550
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99-50
About Colin C. Williams
Colin Williams is professor of work organization and director of the Collective for Alternative Organization Studies (CAOS) at the University of Leicester Management Centre (ULMC).
Reviews for Commodified World?
'This is a bold and engaging book that demonstrates the uneven progress of commodification across the so-called developed and developing worlds. Marshalling powerful evidence of the persistence of subsistence work, non-monetised and not-for-profit forms of exchange, Colin Williams challenges the "commodification thesis". Far from being a foregone conclusion, commodification is revealed as an incomplete and deeply contested process. ... Read more