|
 |
|
A Postcapitalist Politics J. K. Gibson-Graham |
|
$75.00 Cloth |
Presents compelling alternatives to capitalism—and strategies for achieving them. Is there life after capitalism? In this creatively argued follow-up to their book The End of Capitalism (As We Knew It), J. K. Gibson-Graham offer already existing alternatives to a global capitalist order and outline strategies for building alternative economies. A Postcapitalist Politics reveals a prolific landscape of economic diversity—one that is not exclusively or predominantly capitalist—and examines the challenges and successes of alternative economic interventions. Gibson-Graham bring together political economy, feminist poststructuralism, and economic activism to foreground the ethical decisions, as opposed to structural imperatives, that construct economic “development” pathways. Marshalling empirical evidence from local economic projects and action research in the United States, Australia, and Asia, they produce a distinctive political imaginary with three intersecting moments: a politics of language, of the subject, and of collective action. In the face of an almost universal sense of surrender to capitalist globalization, this book demonstrates that postcapitalist subjects, economies, and communities can be fostered. The authors describe a politics of possibility that can build different economies in place and over space. They urge us to confront the forces that stand in the way of economic experimentation and to explore different ways of moving from theory to action. "A Postcapitalist Politics is a remarkable contribution from so many perspectives, and anyone who is concerned with developing new kinds of economic and community relationships should absorb its messages." —Economic Geography “Lucid and engaging.” —Political Geography “Packed with unpolished creativity, the book reads less like a treatise, and more like an invitation to join the authors on a wild road trip. It is an enticing opportunity.” —Organization and Environment “The focus is on what local groups can do ‘here and now’ to develop non-capitalist relations without waiting for the system as a whole to be overthrown.” —Journal of Australian Political Economy “J.K. Gibson-Graham’s most recent book trumpets the possibility of a new and better political economic tomorrow while remaining admirably realistic about the present.” —Environment and Planning A J. K. Gibson-Graham is the pen name of Katherine Gibson and Julie Graham, feminist economic geographers who work, respectively, at the Australian National University in Canberra and the University of Massachusetts Amherst. They are the authors of The End of Capitalism (As We Knew It) and Class and Its Others. 360 pages | 27 halftones, 18 line art | 5 7⁄8 x 9 | 2006 TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface and Acknowledgments 1. Affects and Emotions for a Postcapitalist Politics Notes |
||
$25.00 Paper