The resurgence of community in economic thought and practice

Amin, Ash and Roberts, Joanne (2008) The resurgence of community in economic thought and practice. In, Amin, Ash and Roberts, Joanne (eds.) Community, Economic Creativity and Organization. Oxford, GB. Oxford University Press, pp. 11-34. (doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199545490.001.0001).

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Abstract

The chapter frames the book by examining the relationship between community, economic creativity, and knowledge capitalism, focusing especially on why a new discourse of organization by community has emerged. It begins by explaining why capitalism and community are compatible, going on to examine how ‘community’ as a keyword of the knowledge economy is beginning to shape corporate practice. The chapter then offers a critical reading of contemporary interest in ‘communities of practice’, arguing that diverse types of situated practice generative of different types of learning and knowing should not be reduced to the language of community. Finally, the chapter explores the organizational implications of an economy valuing situated practice, forcing the recombinance of decentred effort and the cultivation of anticipatory knowledge

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