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Drawing inspiration from a burgeoning corpus of scholars who have begun to question

the narrative of impending market hegemony, this paper seeks to further advance this

emergent ‘diverse economies’ literature by constructing a conceptual framework for

representing the multiple labour practices in economies. Transcending the simplistic

market/non-market dichotomy, this conceptualises multiple kinds of labour existing along

a spectrum from market-oriented to non-market oriented practices, which is cross-cut by

another spectrum ranging from wholly monetised to wholly non-monetised practices. The

resultant portrayal of a plurality of labour practices that seamlessly merge into each other

is then applied to understanding the types …

Recently, it has become increasingly recognized that the reach of the market

economy is shallower than previously assumed and that other livelihood

practices persist, such as self-provisioning. However, neither the prevalence of

nor the rationales underpinning engagement in these non-market work

practices have been widely evaluated. To start to bridge this gap, this article

evaluates the extent of self-provisioning in post-Soviet Ukraine and the reasons

for engaging in such subsistence production. Until now, participants in selfprovisioning

have been portrayed either as rational economic actors, dupes,

seekers of self-identity, or simply doing so out of necessity or choice. Analyzing

face-to-face interviews …

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