Work, consumption and culture affluence and social change in the twenty-first century
The central question in this book is whether consumption has now displaced production as the defining factor in the lives of those in the industrialized West. Ransome offers a comprehensive review of the key issues in the debate, and where it might lead in the future. The central question in Work, C...
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| Formato: | Libro |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; Thousand Oaks :
Sage Publications
2006
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| Edición: | Reprint |
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction : the affluence hypothesis
- Work-based society
- Affluence
- Consumption-based society
- Acts of consumption
- Work, consumption, and social identity
- Identity crisis : workers versus consumers
- The cultures of work and consumption
- Concluding comments : the affluence hypothesis revisited.
