Catholic Worker Economics: Subsistence and Resistance Strategies of Householding

The Catholic Worker employs subsistence and resistance economic strategies to survive, but also protest a capitalist system. Householding, originally a concept developed by Karl Polanyi, illustrates an economic system that allows marginalized organizations to survive within a capitalistic system thr...

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Main Author: Stock, Paul (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Equinox 2011
In: Bulletin for the study of religion
Year: 2011, Volume: 40, Issue: 1, Pages: 16-25
Further subjects:B Persistence
B Resistance
B Religion
B Social movement
B Catholic Worker
B Capitalism
B householding
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Summary:The Catholic Worker employs subsistence and resistance economic strategies to survive, but also protest a capitalist system. Householding, originally a concept developed by Karl Polanyi, illustrates an economic system that allows marginalized organizations to survive within a capitalistic system through innovative techniques such as sharing, pooling of resources and living close to poverty (intentionally or not). The Catholic Worker strategies demonstrate a flexibility and viability made possible by its decentralized structure. Lastly, the Catholic Worker illustrates the viability of householding as an organizational strategy.
ISSN:2041-1871
Contains:Enthalten in: Bulletin for the study of religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1558/bsor.v40i1.003