Description
| Product ID: | 9781856497763 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Subsistence Perspective |
| Subtitle: | Beyond the Globalised Economy |
| Authors: | Author: Maria Mies, Veronika Bennholdt-Thomsen |
| Page Count: | 256 |
| Subjects: | Gender studies: women and girls, Gender studies: women, Social theory, Economic theory and philosophy, Development economics and emerging economies, Social theory, Economic theory & philosophy, Development economics & emerging economies |
| Description: | Two leading feminist thinkers, posing a radical alternative to the current free-market industrial system, show how if we are to survive, economies must become needs-based, environmentally sustainable, co-operative and local. They call instead for a new politics and economics based on subsistence. A product of twenty years of analysis and activism, this unique book poses a radical alternative to the current free-market industrial system. A book of history, theory and polemic, the authors show how, if we are to survive, economies must become needs-based, environmentally sustainable, co-operative and local. They explain how the current capitalist system is none of these things, is inherently unstable and is dependent on the exploitation of various marginalized groups, particularly women, and of the environment. They call instead for a new politics and economics based on subsistence and present examples of such a perspective in practice. |
| Imprint Name: | Zed Books Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 1999-11-27 |
