The authority of the consumer / edited by Russell Keat, Nigel Whiteley and Nicholas Abercrombie.
Contributor(s): Keat, Russell | Whiteley, Nigel | Abercrombie, Nicholas.
Material type: BookPublisher: London : Routledge, 1994Description: x, 281 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0415089182 ; 0415089190.Subject(s): Consumer behavior -- Congresses | Consumption (Economics) -- Social aspects -- Congresses | Authority -- Social aspects -- Congresses | Consumer education -- CongressesDDC classification: 306.3Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 306.3 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00015883 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
First published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
"The papers presented in this volume derive from conferences and workshops organized by the Center for the Study of Cultural Values at the University of Lancaster"--Pref.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Part one: Social change and consumption -- Part two: Consuming culture -- Part three: Consuming public services.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Preface (p. xi)
- Part 1 Social Change and Consumption (p. 21)
- Chapter 1 Scepticism, Authority and the Market (p. 23)
- Chapter 2 Authority and Consumer Society (p. 43)
- Chapter 3 Consumers, Identity and Belonging (p. 58)
- Chapter 4 The Organized Consumer and Consumer Information Co-Operatives (p. 75)
- References (p. 89)
- Chapter 5 Advertising (p. 91)
- References (p. 101)
- Chapter 6 The Limits of Consumption and the Post-Modern 'Religion' of the New Age (p. 102)
- Part 2 Consuming Culture (p. 117)
- Chapter 7 High Art and the High Street (p. 119)
- Chapter 8 Planning a Culture for the People? (p. 138)
- Chapter 9 The Culture of Consumption (p. 154)
- Chapter 10 Framing the Audience for Theatre (p. 166)
- References (p. 185)
- Part 3 Consuming Public Services (p. 187)
- Chapter 11 Citizens, Charters and Contracts (p. 189)
- Chapter 12 Consuming Health and Welfare (p. 207)
- Chapter 13 Consuming Education (p. 223)
- Chapter 14 Retailing the Police (p. 240)
- References (p. 251)
- Chapter 15 Conversationalization of Public Discourse and the Authority of the Consumer (p. 253)
- Name Index (p. 269)
- Subject Index (p. 274)