The Subsistence Perspective: Beyond the Globalised Economy (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781856497756)

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.

Author: Veronika Bennholdt-Thomsen,Maria Mies
ISBN-10: 1856497755
ISBN-13: 9781856497756
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Language: English
Published: 11/01/1999
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.64h x 5.36w x 0.75d