Between the market and the social cooperation. Lights and shades of collaborative consumption practices

Abstract

In this article different definitions of collaborative consumption (CC) are discussed from theory and practice. To contextualize the CC, there is a description of the elements or frames that support its emergence, establishing relationships and differences with other transformative economies that are currently being developed. Through different practices and examples, the contributions of CC are deepened and some of its limitations, such as excessive expectations, legal uncertainty, commodification, the digital divide, etc. In short it shows the contribution of CC as a critique of the capitalist hegemonic system and as part of the generation of alternatives and at the same time CC emphasizes paradoxes as the community-environment, the regulation - deregulation, and the vissibility of a common umbrella for so heterogeneous practices.