Consumption : A Sociological Analysis

• Main Author: Warde, Alan (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
• Series: Consumption and Public Life
• Subjects: individuální spotřeba > sociální aspekty; sociologie spotřeby; spotřebitelské chování; consumption (economics) > social aspects; sociology of consumption; consumer behavior; elektronické knihy; monografie; electronic books; monographs

This book critically reviews recent social scientific investigations of consumption, a controversial topic with moral overtones, and of popular public interest and political and economic significance. The author explores how consumption affects personal identity and social position, developing a soc...