The Subsistence Perspective - by Veronika Bennholdt-Thomsen & Maria Mies & Maria Mies (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>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.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"A thought-provoking, challenging work, equally appropriate for development studies, women's studies or environmental studies" --<i>Progress in Development Studies</i> <p/>"In 1995, America's First Lady, Hillary Clinton, visited Bangladesh to interview a group of village women who had received assistance from the Grameen Bank. Hillary wanted to see whether the ?microcredits? had truly succeeded in empowering these women. ...But the village women then asked HIllary about her own situation. Did she own any cows? No. Did she have her own income? Well no, not since Bill came to the White House. How many children? Only one? Poor Hillary. The village women of Bangladesh felt sorry for her, since obviously she" --<i>unlike them</i></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p>Veronika Bennholdt-Thomsen is an ethnologist and sociologist at the nonprofit Institute for Theory and Practice of Subsistence. <p/>Maria Mies is a renowned Marxist-Feminist scholar. Her books include <i>Patriarchy and Accumulation on a World Scale </i>(Zed 1986, reissued 2014) and <i>Ecofeminism </i>(with Vandana Shiva, Zed 1993, reissued 2014).<br>Veronika Bennholdt-Thomsen is an ethnologist and sociologist at the nonprofit Institute for Theory and Practice of Subsistence. <p/>Maria Mies is a renowned Marxist-Feminist scholar. Her books include <i>Patriarchy and Accumulation on a World Scale </i>(Zed 1986, reissued 2014) and <i>Ecofeminism </i>(with Vandana Shiva, Zed 1993, reissued 2014).</p>
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