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Work, Consumerism and the New Poor (Paperback, 2nd edition)
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Work, Consumerism and the New Poor (Paperback, 2nd edition)
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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.
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