A Commodified World?: Mapping the Limits of Capitalism

By Colin C. Williams

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1842773550
• ISBN13: 9781842773550
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: Zed Books
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 8.5"