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The Unmanageable Consumer
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Author : Yiannis Gabriel
language : en
Publisher: SAGE
Release Date : 2006-04-07
The Unmanageable Consumer written by Yiannis Gabriel and has been published by SAGE this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-04-07 with Business & Economics categories.
`This book was radically challenging when it was first published, and is only more so today as the concept of consumer collapses under the weight of its many meanings' - Madeleine Bunting, Columnist, The Guardian Western-style consumerism appears unstoppable. Yet it is has failed to deliver greater happiness and is now facing major environmental, population and political challenges. This book examines the key Western traditions of thinking about and being a consumer. Each chapter posits a consumer model with examples from the international community. Readers are invited to enter an exciting and radical analysis of contemporary consumerism which suggests that consumerism is fragile and consumers unpredictable. Updated with new material, this Second Edition looks at the impact of new technologies on consumerism and the consolidation of consumerism and 'consumer' language in spheres like education and health. The authors discuss the spread of consumerism to developing countries like India and the effect of demographic change and migration. The fallout from 9/11 and United States military hegemony is examined, as is the influence on consumerism of Islamic fundamentalism, the anti-globalization movement, environmental concerns and depleting natural resources. This book is of interest to advanced undergraduate, postgraduate and MBA students taking courses on behaviour, buyer behaviour, customer behaviour, consumers and society and retailing. Any one interested in better understanding consumerism will also find this book a fascinating read.
The Unmanageable Consumer
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Author : Yiannis Gabriel
language : en
Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
Release Date : 1995-11-13
The Unmanageable Consumer written by Yiannis Gabriel and has been published by SAGE Publications Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-11-13 with Business & Economics categories.
Consumption and concepts of the consumer sit at the centre of numerous current debates - academic, political and environmental. This highly readable and stimulating book - a tour-de-force in the breadth of its coverage and analysis - shows how different traditions of thought have constructed different representations of the consumer. Each of these has its own coherence but rarely addresses alternative positions. A key concern of the authors is to identify, disentangle and juxtapose approaches to contemporary consumption which are seldom found in a single text. Yiannis Gabriel and Tim Lang present a number of distinctive portraits of the consumer - as Chooser; as Communicator; as Identity-seeker; as Explorer; as Hedo
The Unmanageable Consumer
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Author : Yiannis Gabriel
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
The Unmanageable Consumer written by Yiannis Gabriel and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Consumer behavior categories.
T̀his book was radically challenging when it was first published, and is only more so today as the concept of consumer collapses under the weight of its many meanings' - Madeleine Bunting, Columnist, The Guardian. This book examines the key Western traditions of thinking about and being a consumer. Each chapter focuses on a different consumer model and readers are invited to enter an exciting analysis of contemporary consumerism. Updated with new material, this Second Edition looks at the impact of new technology on consumerism and the consolidation of consumerism and c̀onsumer language in sph.
The Unmanageable Consumer
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Author : Yiannis Gabriel
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995
The Unmanageable Consumer written by Yiannis Gabriel and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Consumer behavior categories.
The Unmanageable Consumer Ed 3
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Author : Yiannis Gabriel
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015
The Unmanageable Consumer Ed 3 written by Yiannis Gabriel and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Consumer behavior categories.
Examining the key Western traditions of thinking about and being a consumer, this 20th Anniversary Edition continues to explore 10 consumer models and encourages analysis of contemporary consumerism.
Work Consumerism And The New Poor
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Author : Zygmunt Bauman
language : en
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
Release Date : 2004-09-16
Work Consumerism And The New Poor written by Zygmunt Bauman and has been published by McGraw-Hill Education (UK) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-09-16 with Social Science categories.
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.
The Sociology Of Consumption
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Author : Peter Corrigan
language : en
Publisher: SAGE
Release Date : 1997-08-22
The Sociology Of Consumption written by Peter Corrigan and has been published by SAGE this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-08-22 with Social Science categories.
This lucid introduction to the sociology of consumerism examines the relationship between production and consumption in late capitalist societies. The historical and theoretical discussion provides the student with the tools to examine key themes in the sociology of consumption. After a detailed historical overview of the advent of consumer society, Peter Corrigan examines theoretical accounts of consumption and consumer practice, including: Veblen and conspicuous consumption; Mary Douglas on the world of goods; Jean Baudrillard on the system of objects; and Pierre Bourdieu on cultural capital. This historical and theoretical discussion provides the student with the tools to examine key themes in the sociology of consumption.
Managing The Unmanageable
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Author : Mickey W. Mantle
language : en
Publisher: Addison-Wesley
Release Date : 2012-09-16
Managing The Unmanageable written by Mickey W. Mantle and has been published by Addison-Wesley this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-09-16 with Computers categories.
“Mantle and Lichty have assembled a guide that will help you hire, motivate, and mentor a software development team that functions at the highest level. Their rules of thumb and coaching advice are great blueprints for new and experienced software engineering managers alike.” —Tom Conrad, CTO, Pandora “I wish I’d had this material available years ago. I see lots and lots of ‘meat’ in here that I’ll use over and over again as I try to become a better manager. The writing style is right on, and I love the personal anecdotes.” —Steve Johnson, VP, Custom Solutions, DigitalFish All too often, software development is deemed unmanageable. The news is filled with stories of projects that have run catastrophically over schedule and budget. Although adding some formal discipline to the development process has improved the situation, it has by no means solved the problem. How can it be, with so much time and money spent to get software development under control, that it remains so unmanageable? In Managing the Unmanageable: Rules, Tools, and Insights for Managing Software People and Teams , Mickey W. Mantle and Ron Lichty answer that persistent question with a simple observation: You first must make programmers and software teams manageable. That is, you need to begin by understanding your people—how to hire them, motivate them, and lead them to develop and deliver great products. Drawing on their combined seventy years of software development and management experience, and highlighting the insights and wisdom of other successful managers, Mantle and Lichty provide the guidance you need to manage people and teams in order to deliver software successfully. Whether you are new to software management, or have already been working in that role, you will appreciate the real-world knowledge and practical tools packed into this guide.
Geographies Of Consumption
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Author : Juliana Mansvelt
language : en
Publisher: SAGE
Release Date : 2005-04-09
Geographies Of Consumption written by Juliana Mansvelt and has been published by SAGE this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-04-09 with Science categories.
An overview of the research into consumer behaviour and the use of space, including the internet, identity, connections through commodity chains, commercial culture and morality.
The Sympathetic Consumer
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Author : Tad Skotnicki
language : en
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Release Date : 2021-05-11
The Sympathetic Consumer written by Tad Skotnicki and has been published by Stanford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-11 with Social Science categories.
When people encounter consumer goods—sugar, clothes, phones—they find little to no information about their origins. The goods will thus remain anonymous, and the labor that went into making them, the supply chain through which they traveled, will remain obscured. In this book, Tad Skotnicki argues that this encounter is an endemic feature of capitalist societies, and one with which consumers have struggled for centuries in the form of activist movements constructed around what he calls The Sympathetic Consumer. This book documents the uncanny similarities shared by such movements over the course of three centuries: the transatlantic abolitionist movement, US and English consumer movements around the turn of the twentieth century, and contemporary Fair Trade activism. Offering a comparative historical study of consumer activism the book shows, in vivid detail, how activists wrestled with the broader implications of commodity exchange. These activists arrived at a common understanding of the relationship between consumers, producers, and commodities, and concluded that consumers were responsible for sympathizing with invisible laborers. Ultimately, Skotnicki provides a framework to identify a capitalist culture by examining how people interpret everyday phenomena essential to it.