The gratis economy : privately provided public goods / András Kelen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kelen, András.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nonprofit organizations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 370 p. )

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Budapest ; New York : CEU Press, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Deals with the logic of toll-free services in all three sectors: government, business and nonprofit, and generalizes the notion of voluntary work towards everthing that is free of charge.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Theses to Introduce the Concept of the Gratis Economy

Essay I Traditional Gratis Economy

Uncharted Faces of Pro Bono Work

1. Social Basis Of Volunteering

Essay II Virtual Faces of the Gratis Economy

Business-Operated 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 Public Interest in the Gratis Economy

Gratuities Generated by the Polity

5. State-Run Gratis Economy

6. Informational Commons

7. Typology of Business Intrusions

8. Towards the Demise of Mass Culture in Cyberspace.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [359]-365) and index.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

1-003-72250-4

963-386-498-4

0-585-45514-7

9781003722502

OCLC:

1302736830