The world of consumption / Ben Fine and Ellen Leopold.
By: Fine, Ben
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Contributor(s): Leopold, Ellen.
Material type: 
BookPublisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 1993Description: xi, 361 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0415095883; 0415095891 .Subject(s): Consumption (Economics)DDC classification: 339.47 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 339.47 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00015893 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
In the opinion of many people the last decade saw the arrival of the `consumer society'. However, the response of social theory to consumerism has been barely appropriate to the scale of the changes. As an antidote to this, the authors propose the adoption of a new, more inclusive theoretical approach, based on "systems of provision". This emphasises different forms of determination for different products. It also emphasises the essential continuity between the various aspects of consumption: production, distribution, marketing, advertising and sales.
"Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 326-353) and index.
Part I: Analytical foundations -- Part II: Theories of consumption -- Part III: Systems of provision in food and clothing -- Part IV: Marxism and consumption.