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The New Middle Classes - Globalizing Lifestyles, Consumerism and Environmental Concern (Hardcover, 2009 ed.): Hellmuth Lange,... The New Middle Classes - Globalizing Lifestyles, Consumerism and Environmental Concern (Hardcover, 2009 ed.)
Hellmuth Lange, Lars Meier
R3,057 Discovery Miles 30 570 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

With respect to the developing and threshold economies, it is no longer the poor who are the only focus of media attention. Today, the new middle classes are about to take centre stage, too. With their lifestyles and attitudes, the new middle classes are considered to be both the products as well as the promoters of globalization. They are a highly heterogeneousgroup in socio-economicterms as well as in habits 1 and preferences, including their societal role as consumers and citizens. The ?rst wave of scholarly and political attention can be traced back to the mid-nineties. The focal point was surprise and unease about indubitable symptoms of consumerism which, until then had been seen as a characteristic of the richest western societies. However, since the nineties, consumerism has run rampant in - velopingcountriestoo.Thishasparticularlybeennotedwithrespecttotheemerging middle classes in South East Asia. The "will to consume seemed inexhaustible, and appetites insatiable. This rage to consume ...] was both celebrated and feared by political leadersand other social/moralgatekeepers, who beganto condemnthe p- cess as 'Westernization' and even 'westoxi?cation"' (Chua 2000: xii). Ever since, the debate about the lifestyles of the new middle classes and their role in society has gained momentum.

The New Middle Classes - Globalizing Lifestyles, Consumerism and Environmental Concern (Paperback, Softcover reprint of... The New Middle Classes - Globalizing Lifestyles, Consumerism and Environmental Concern (Paperback, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2009)
Hellmuth Lange, Lars Meier
R2,881 Discovery Miles 28 810 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

With respect to the developing and threshold economies, it is no longer the poor who are the only focus of media attention. Today, the new middle classes are about to take centre stage, too. With their lifestyles and attitudes, the new middle classes are considered to be both the products as well as the promoters of globalization. They are a highly heterogeneousgroup in socio-economicterms as well as in habits 1 and preferences, including their societal role as consumers and citizens. The ?rst wave of scholarly and political attention can be traced back to the mid-nineties. The focal point was surprise and unease about indubitable symptoms of consumerism which, until then had been seen as a characteristic of the richest western societies. However, since the nineties, consumerism has run rampant in - velopingcountriestoo.Thishasparticularlybeennotedwithrespecttotheemerging middle classes in South East Asia. The "will to consume seemed inexhaustible, and appetites insatiable. This rage to consume ...] was both celebrated and feared by political leadersand other social/moralgatekeepers, who beganto condemnthe p- cess as 'Westernization' and even 'westoxi?cation"' (Chua 2000: xii). Ever since, the debate about the lifestyles of the new middle classes and their role in society has gained momentum.

Nachhaltigkeit als radikaler Wandel - Die Quadratur des Kreises? (German, Paperback, 2008 ed.): Hellmuth Lange Nachhaltigkeit als radikaler Wandel - Die Quadratur des Kreises? (German, Paperback, 2008 ed.)
Hellmuth Lange
R2,013 Discovery Miles 20 130 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Die Notwendigkeit eines radikalen Wandels der augenblicklichen Produktions- und Verbrauchsgewohnheiten (Agenda 21) wird heute breit akzeptiert. Andererseits formuliert die sozialwissenschaftliche Literatur immer neue Zweifel, wie weit es der Politik uberhaupt noch moglich ist, tiefer greifende Veranderungen erfolgreich zu steuern.
Das Buch greift diesen Widerspruch auf: Mit welchen Instrumenten konnen die gesellschaftlichen Akteure dazu gebracht werden, sich auf die Zumutung nennenswerter Veranderungen gangiger Produktions- und Konsummuster zugunsten von mehr Nachhaltigkeit einzulassen? Die These lautet, dass bei substanzieller Beteiligung zivilgesellschaftlicher Akteure die Moglichkeiten zielgerichteter Steuerung und insbesondere die Handlungspotentiale des Staates weiterhin als sehr bedeutsam angesehen werden.
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OEkologisches Handeln als sozialer Konflikt - Umwelt im Alltag (German, Paperback, 2000 ed.): Hellmuth Lange OEkologisches Handeln als sozialer Konflikt - Umwelt im Alltag (German, Paperback, 2000 ed.)
Hellmuth Lange
R1,766 Discovery Miles 17 660 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

OEkologisches Handeln gilt heute als rundum positive Zielvorstellung. Die Praxis des alltaglichen Handelns entspricht dem jedoch bei weitem nicht. Die Grunde werden noch immer in unzureichendem Umweltbewusstsein gesehen. Eine solche Sichtweise abstrahiert jedoch von zweierlei: Der Begriff "oekologisches Handeln" bezeichnet keine Handlungspraxis neben anderen (wie Wohnen, Arbeiten, Reisen etc.), sondern einen Zielaspekt neben anderen. Daher kommt es hier unvermeidlich zu Zielkonflikten, denen mit Moral nur bedingt beizukommen ist. Die Moralisierung oekologisch unzutraglicher Verhaltensmuster abstrahiert zum anderen von der soziologischen Basistatsache, dass Handlungsmuster von Personen keineswegs nur von deren Einstellungen und Werten abhangen. Sie sind eingebunden in die Grenzen der materiellen und institutionellen Strukturen des Alltags, in gewachsene Arbeitsteilungen und in soziale und kulturelle Routinen, die individuell nur bedingt ignoriert werden koennen. Ein Mehr an oekologischem Verhalten fuhrt daher zwingend zu einem Mehr an sozialen Konflikten. Dieser Band beschreibt solche Konflikte im Spannungsfeld von Wohnen-Mobilitat-Arbeiten und sucht nach Moeglichkeiten der Problembearbeitung zwischen privater Alltagsbewaltigung und Politik.

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