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On being a Welfare Consumer in a Consumer Society
Social Policy and Society, 2003This article focuses on two aspects of the real or imagined conflict between welfarism and consumerism; whether the experience of being a welfare user is somehow changed by living in a society in which people may see themselves less as workers and more as consumers; and whether the providers of welfare services and benefits can or should treat their ...
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2008
The notion of “consumer society” emerged after World War II and was made famous by authors such as Marcuse, Galbraith, Packard, and Baudrillard (cf. Baudrillard 1998). It was used to suggest that the society in which we live is a late variant of capitalism characterized by the primacy of consumption over production.
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The notion of “consumer society” emerged after World War II and was made famous by authors such as Marcuse, Galbraith, Packard, and Baudrillard (cf. Baudrillard 1998). It was used to suggest that the society in which we live is a late variant of capitalism characterized by the primacy of consumption over production.
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2019
The current understanding of vehicle-to-grid from a consumer perspective is quite limited, perhaps unsurprising considering the novelty of the technology. This chapter first describes the ambivalence and overall limited awareness that consumers have towards vehicle-to-grid, and then employs three sociotechnical theories to gain a prospective ...
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The current understanding of vehicle-to-grid from a consumer perspective is quite limited, perhaps unsurprising considering the novelty of the technology. This chapter first describes the ambivalence and overall limited awareness that consumers have towards vehicle-to-grid, and then employs three sociotechnical theories to gain a prospective ...
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The Rise of a Consumer Society
1999The older interpretations of the early modern European economy centred around issues of production: how goods were produced, how raw materials were supplied, how the industries were organised and financed, how labour was employed. Questions about the demand for the goods produced, about the market for them, who consumed them and why and how they ...
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Consumer society, commodification and offender management
Criminology and Criminal Justice, 2007Fergus Mcneill
exaly