Review: The Subsistence Perspective: Beyond the Globalised Economy

Renee Davis

Volume 8, Number 1 (2009) 8 (1): 45-46

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.63428/ysv71z60

Keywords Global Economics, Subsistence Econmy, Housework, Patriarchy, Gender Division of Labor, Peasant Resistance Communities

Abstract

This review discusses The Subsistence Perspective: Beyond the Globalised Economy by Maria Mies and Veronica Bennholdt-Thomsen, offering a critical analysis of neoliberal capitalist principles shaping the global economy. The author examine the structural role of patriarchy in supporting capitalism and analyze how development and colonialism have impacted subsistence economies worldwide.

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Renee Davis

Published January 1, 2009

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Review: The Subsistence Perspective: Beyond the Globalised Economy. (2009). Fourth World Journal, 8(1), 45-46. https://doi.org/10.63428/ysv71z60

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The Subsistence Perspective: Beyond the Globalised Economy. Maria Mies and Veronica Bennholdt-Thomsen Zed Books, 2000. 256 pages.

ISBN 978-1856497763

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