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The Future of Consumer Society: Prospects for Sustainability in the New Economy
Maurie J. Cohen
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Description for The Future of Consumer Society: Prospects for Sustainability in the New Economy
Hardcover. Shows how consumer society is changing due to demographic ageing, rising income inequality, political paralysis, resource scarcity, and steady jobs being replaced by freelancing. It examines how people are striving to find new ways to ensure livelihoods and the role that the role that worker-consumer cooperatives could play. Num Pages: 240 pages, 10 Figures. BIC Classification: KCB; KCF; KCN; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 147 x 226 x 20. Weight in Grams: 400.
Consumer society in the United States and other countries is receding due to demographic ageing, rising income inequality, political paralysis, and resource scarcity. At the same time, steady jobs that compensate employees on a salaried or hourly basis are being replaced by freelancing and contingent work. The rise of the so-called sharing economy, the growth of do-it-yourself production, and the spreading popularity of economic localization are evidence that people are striving to find new ways to ensure livelihoods for themselves and their families in the face of profound change. Indications are that we are at the early stages of ... Read more
Consumer society in the United States and other countries is receding due to demographic ageing, rising income inequality, political paralysis, and resource scarcity. At the same time, steady jobs that compensate employees on a salaried or hourly basis are being replaced by freelancing and contingent work. The rise of the so-called sharing economy, the growth of do-it-yourself production, and the spreading popularity of economic localization are evidence that people are striving to find new ways to ensure livelihoods for themselves and their families in the face of profound change. Indications are that we are at the early stages of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780198768555
SKU
V9780198768555
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Ref
99-16
About Maurie J. Cohen
Maurie J. Cohen is Professor of Sustainability Studies and Director of the Program in Science, Technology, and Society at the New Jersey Institute of Technology and Associate Fellow at the Tellus Institute. He is Editor of Sustainability: Science, Practice, and Policy (SSPP) and co-founder and Executive Board Member of the Sustainable Consumption Research and Action Initiative (SCORAI). His books include ... Read more
Reviews for The Future of Consumer Society: Prospects for Sustainability in the New Economy
Cohen provides us with a measured and well-informed overview of the fragile and unsustainable state of 21st century consumerism. He draws upon a wealth of evidence to expose the limits of various attempts to move beyond consumer capitalismthe socalled sharing economy, the maker movement, and the move towards local production all of which, he suggests, are underpinned by many of ... Read more