Evaluating the Penetration of Capitalism in Postsocialist Moscow
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2801442 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Colin C Williams (0000-0002-3610-1933, University of Sheffield), John Round (0000-0003-0005-2348, University of Birmingham) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 67 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 359-379 |
| Publication date | 2008-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Economics and Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9246 • E-ISSN: 1536-7150 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1536-7150.2008.00574.x |
| OpenAlex | W2086374263 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 35 |
This article evaluates critically the meta-narrative that capitalism is becoming totalizing and hegemonic. Recently, an emerging corpus of postdevelopment thought has begun to deconstruct this discourse, but only in relation to Western economies and the majority (third) world. To further contribute to this emerging critique, the aim is to analyze the degree to which capitalist economic practices have permeated postsocialist societies through a case study of Moscow. Based on face-to-face interviews with 313 households during 2005/06 concerning their work practices, a relatively shallow penetration of capitalism in this city is identified, with only a minority of households relying on the capitalist economy in particular, and the formal economy more generally, to secure their livelihood. The vast majority of the population is found to depend heavily on an array of noncapitalist economic practices; and capitalist and noncapitalist practices are identified as operating in tandem with, rather than in opposition to, each other. The outcome is a call to refute the universality of capitalist hegemony and to rethink the nature of economic development from a perspective that recognizes the persistence of economic pluralism
Opposition (politics · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Political Economy and Marxism · Urbanization and City Planning
The third way
Re/presenting Class
Global Capital, Human Needs and Social Policies
Spaces of Work
Planet of Slums
The Great Transformation
Alternative Economic Spaces
Capitalism
Economy/Society
Gender Trouble
Economic Transformation Outside the Law
The Spatial and Sectoral Diversity of the Informal Economy
Reflections on ‘development’
Evaluating the penetration of the commodity economy
Capitalism, cities, and the production of symbolic forms
Other Transitions
The Social Impact of Informal Economies in Eastern Europe
Culture sits in places
Culture/economy and spaces of economic practice
To market, to market
A Critical Evaluation of the Commodification Thesis
The slow advance and uneven penetration of commodification
The logic of development
Evaluating the Penetration of Capitalism in Postsocialist Moscow
Beyond Market-Oriented Readings of Paid Informal Work
The End of Capitalism (as we knew it)
Encountering Development
The Myth of Marketization
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,11 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2011 (4) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |