Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-300) and index.

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

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. Taken from Publisher's site.