Work, consumerism and the new poor
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Work, consumerism and the new poor
（Issues in society / edited by Tim May）
Open University Press, 2005
2nd ed
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- : hbk
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Includes bibliographical references and index
内容説明・目次
- 巻冊次
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: pbk ISBN 9780335215980
内容説明
Reviewers' comments on the first edition"Zygmunt Bauman presents a cogently argued and compelling thesis... an important book from a distinguished scholar, that adds a new dimension to the poverty debate."British Journal of Sociology "It will be of great interest and value to students, teachers and researchers in sociology and social policy... [Bauman] provides a very forceful and sophisticated statement of the case; and a very well written one too. As a wide ranging analysis of our present discontents it is an admirable example of the sort of challenge which sociology at its best can offer to us and our fellow citizens to re-assess and re-think our current social arrangements."Work, Employment and Society "This is a stylish and persuasive analysis of the transition between the age of the 'society of producers' to that of the 'society of consumers'."Political Studies It is one thing to be poor in a society of producers and universal employment; it is quite a different thing to be poor in a society of consumers, in which life projects are built around consumer choices rather than on work, professional skills or jobs. Where 'being poor' was once linked to being unemployed, today it draws its meaning primarily from the plight of a flawed consumer. This has a significant effect on the way living in poverty is experienced and on the prospects for redeeming its misery. Work, Consumerism and the New Poor traces this change over the duration of modern history. It makes an inventory of its social consequences, and considers how effective different ways of fighting poverty and relieving its hardships are. The new edition of this seminal work features:
Updated coverage of key thinkers in the field
Discussion of recent work on redundancy, disposability and exclusion
Current thinking on the effects of capital flows on different countries and the changes on the shop floor through, for example, business process re-engineering
New material on security and vulnerability
Key reading for students and lecturers in sociology, politics and social policy, and those with an interest in contemporary social issues.
目次
Series editor's foreword
Introduction
Part one
1 The meaning of work: producing the work ethic
2 From the work ethic to the aesthetic of consumption
Part two
3 The rise and fall of the welfare state
4 The work ethic and the new poor
5 Work and redundancy in the globalized world
Part three
6 Prospects for the new poor
NotesIndex
- 巻冊次
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: hbk ISBN 9780335215997
内容説明
Can poverty be fought and conquered by orthodox means? Should we seek new solutions like "decoupling" the right to livelihood from the selling of labour and extending the socially recognised concept of work? How urgent is it to confront these social questions and find practical answers? If 'being poor' once derived its meaning from the condition of being unemployed, today it draws its meaning primarily from the plight of a flawed consumer. This is one difference which truly makes a difference - in the way living in poverty is experienced and in the chances and prospects to redeem its misery. This absorbing book traces this change, which has been taking place over the duration of modern history, and makes an inventory of its social consequences. It also considers how fit (or unfit) means of fighting back advancing poverty and mitigating its hardships are to grasp and tackle the problems of poverty in its present form. The new edition features new and up to date coverage of some of the key thinkers in the field, including a discussion of recent work on redundancy, disposability and exclusion.
Students of sociology, politics and social policy will find this to be an invaluable text on the changing significance and implications of an enduring social problem.
目次
Series editor's foreword
Introduction
Part one
1 The meaning of work: producing the work ethic
2 From the work ethic to the aesthetic of consumption
Part two
3 The rise and fall of the welfare state
4 The work ethic and the new poor
5 Work and redundancy in the globalized world
Part three
6 Prospects for the new poor
NotesIndex
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