The Gratis Economy : : Privately Provided Public Goods / / András Kelen.

A work in the relatively new field of economic sociology, this highly unconventional book deals with the logics of toll-free services and generalizes the notion of voluntary work toward encompassing everything that can be obtained free of charge in the world. The author claims that the publicity-dri...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Central European University Press eBook-Package 2013-1998
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Place / Publishing House:Budapest ;, New York : : Central European University Press, , [2001]
©2001
Year of Publication:2001
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (395 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • TABLE OF CONTENTS
  • List of Boxes
  • Preface
  • THESES TO INTRODUCE THE CONCEPT OF THE GRATIS ECONOMY
  • ESSAY I: THE TRADITIONAL GRATIS ECONOMY-UNCHARTED FACES OF PRO BONO WORK
  • 1. The Social Basis Of Volunteering
  • ESSAY II: THE VIRTUAL FACES OF THE GRATIS ECONOMY-BUSINESS-OPERA TED SIZZLING GRATUITIES
  • 2. Free of Charge-Except for Advertising
  • 3. Free of Charge-Except for the Commodification of Privacy
  • 4. Gratuities Embedded in Business Processes
  • ESSAY III: THE PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE GRATIS ECONOMY-GRATUITIES GENERATED BY THE POLITY
  • 5. The State-Run Gratis Economy
  • 6. The Informational Commons
  • 7. Typology of Business Intrusions
  • 8. Towards the Demise of Mass Culture in Cyberspace
  • NOTES
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY AND BASIC READINGS
  • INDEX