Consumerism

A critique of the lifestyles of today's ultra rich bolstered by old-fashioned muckraking, Crass Struggle provides a sharp, original, and often humorous commentary on "e;the bad side of the good life, the underbelly of the potbelly.

Challenging the conventional narrative that the European Union suffers from a "e;democratic deficit,"e; Athanasios Psygkas argues that EU mandates have enhanced the democratic accountability of national regulatory agencies.

A bold new interpretation of ''consumer revolution'' in 18th-century Europe, examining globalization and the politics of consumption in the age of Revolution.

A comprehensive review of the techniques and applications of descriptive analysis Sensory evaluation is a scientific discipline used to evoke, measure, analyse and interpret responses to products perceived through the senses of sight, smell, touch, taste and hearing.

Children today are growing up in an increasingly commercialised world.

In Gabriel Garcia Marquez's novel One Hundred Years of Solitude, a character articulates the fascination goods, technology, and modernity held for many Latin Americans in the early twentieth century when he declares that ';incredible things are happening in this world.

What does it mean to live in a consumer society and how does this impact on our behaviour?

"Wieso will ich den jetzt bitte kaufen?

Nur wenige Spezies unserer urbanen Fauna werden leidenschaftlicher verachtet als der Hipster.

Once conduits to new music, frequently bypassing the corporate music industry in ways now done more easily via the Internet, record stores championed the most local of economic enterprises, allowing social mobility to well up from them in unexpected ways.

"e;Luxury Fashion and Culture"e; focuses on the study of how humans use high quality, highly pleasurable, and frequently rare products, services, and experiences to distinguish to themselves and others who they are as well as whom they are not - both within and across cultures.

Consumers, manufacturers, and auto dealers use publicly available auto recall information differently.

Menschen mit Storys begeistern und Kundinnen und Kunden gewinnenIn Zeiten, in denen jeder alles hat und zugleich das Notwendigste zum Luxusgut wird, braucht es nicht nur innovative Produktideen, um sich erfolgreich am Markt zu halten.

In this book, Maxine Berg explores the invention, making, and buying of new, semi-luxury, and fashionable consumer goods during the eighteenth century.

Challenging the conventional narrative that the European Union suffers from a "e;democratic deficit,"e; Athanasios Psygkas argues that EU mandates have enhanced the democratic accountability of national regulatory agencies.

The new discipline of consumer neuroscience is pursuing the idea of incorporating neuroscientific methods, theories and insights into research on consumers and purchasing behaviour.

Social Opulence and Private Restraint is a study of the place of the consumer and consumption in the political economy of British socialism, from its early-nineteenth-century origins, through 'New Times' Marxism, to the consumer-focused New Labourism and political economies critical of consumerism that can be found in the late-twentieth and early-twenty-first-century Left.

Reviewers comments on the first editionZygmunt Bauman presents a cogently argued and compelling thesis.

Wellness has become synonymous with yoga, meditation, and other forms of self-care.

Wir müssen anders über Geld und Wirtschaft sprechen, wenn wir zu einem gerechteren Miteinander gelangen wollen: Der Literaturwissenschaftler Simon Sahner und der Ökonom Daniel Stähr gehen der Sprache des Kapitalismus auf den Grund.

In the late nineteenth century, migrants from Jamaica, Colombia, Barbados, and beyond poured into Caribbean Central America, building railroads, digging canals, selling meals, and farming homesteads.

Reading Augustine presents concise, personal readings of St.

These two volumes, bound together, represent the papers, comments, and rejoinders presented at the Conference on Consumption and Saving held 30-31 March 1959 at the Wharton School of Finance and Commerce at the University of Pennsylvania.

Over-consumption is one of the key issues of our time, especially in the Western world.

We spend more time shopping than doing anything else, after sleep and work.

With the advent of liquid modernity, the society of producers is transformed into a society of consumers.

Exploring the roots of Canadian consumer culture between the 1890s and the Second World War, Purchasing Power uncovers the meanings that Canadians have attached to consumer goods.

In Gabriel Garcia Marquez's novel One Hundred Years of Solitude, a character articulates the fascination goods, technology, and modernity held for many Latin Americans in the early twentieth century when he declares that ';incredible things are happening in this world.

Zweimal an denselben Ort in den Urlaub fahren?

This gripping book considers the history, techniques, and goals of child-targeted consumer campaigns and examines children's changing perceptions of what commodities they "e;need"e; to be valued and value themselves.

Bridget Brennan, CEO of Female Factor, shows readers how to win sales and grow market share by creating a customer experience that appeals to the most powerful consumers: women.

This insightful analysis of the ways in which South Korean economic development strategies have reshaped the country's national identity gives specific attention to the manner in which women, as the primary agents of consumption, have been affected by this transformation.

Liberalization's Children explores how youth and gender have become crucial sites for a contested cultural politics of globalization in India.

We live in a society that defines us by what we consume and how.

You will never look at social media the same way again.

Sie leben mitten unter uns und doch im Verborgenen.

Guanxi or interpersonal relationships is one of the major dynamics of Chinese society.

Smart patients don't just know about health and illness - they've got a handle on the health care system and know how to make it work for them.

Consumption Intensified examines how self-identified middle class Brazilians in Sao Paulo redefined their class during Brazil's economic crisis of 1981-1994.

*Selected by Emma Watson for her Ultimate Book List*Fashion is political.

Economic growth is a constant mantra of politicians, economists and the media.