Not for Sale: Decommodifying Public Life

by Gordon Laxer and Dennis Soron

Not for Sale examines key dimensions of the current assault against communal resources by relentless commodification and privatization. Gordon Laxer and Dennis Soron include chapters by social scientists who explore ways in which progressive projects of "reclaiming" the commons involve confronting the capitalist drive to commodify all aspects of existence, including human body parts, water, labour, knowledge, and even the air we breathe...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1551117525
• ISBN13: 9781551117522
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"