Cargando…
Challenging choices : ideology, consumerism and policy /
This lively and topical book provides a critique of choice in contemporary society and policy. Having choices empowers us, but constant extension of choice overwhelms us. In a concise and readable style, the author considers whether choice enhances or burdens our lives, and questions the blithe assu...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
|---|---|
| Autor principal: | |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Bristol, UK ; Portland, OR :
Policy Press,
2010.
|
| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
MARC
| LEADER | 00000cam a2200000 a 4500 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | EBOOKCENTRAL_ocn664565734 | ||
| 003 | OCoLC | ||
| 005 | 20240329122006.0 | ||
| 006 | m o d | ||
| 007 | cr cnu---unuuu | ||
| 008 | 100920s2010 enk ob 001 0 eng d | ||
| 040 | |a N$T |b eng |e pn |c N$T |d YDXCP |d EBLCP |d OCLCQ |d CDX |d E7B |d IDEBK |d OCLCQ |d REDDC |d OCLCQ |d OCLCF |d DEBSZ |d OCLCQ |d JSTOR |d OCLCQ |d STBDS |d OTZ |d Z5A |d OCLCQ |d IOG |d OCLCO |d OCLCA |d CCO |d K6U |d MERUC |d LOA |d COCUF |d ZCU |d ICG |d CNNOR |d EZ9 |d D6H |d STF |d WRM |d OCLCQ |d TXC |d VT2 |d AU@ |d OCLCO |d OCLCQ |d WYU |d G3B |d LVT |d YOU |d S8J |d S9I |d TKN |d LEAUB |d DKC |d OCLCQ |d UKAHL |d UKMGB |d OCLCQ |d OCLCA |d OCLCQ |d P@U |d OCLCO |d OCLCQ |d SFB |d OCLCQ |d CAMBR |d OCLCQ |d OCLCO |d OCLCL | ||
| 015 | |a GBB6F4746 |2 bnb | ||
| 016 | 7 | |a 017801060 |2 Uk | |
| 019 | |a 665195744 |a 747531016 |a 816580879 |a 1062296300 | ||
| 020 | |a 9781847428660 |q (electronic bk.) | ||
| 020 | |a 1847428665 |q (electronic bk.) | ||
| 020 | |a 1282754343 | ||
| 020 | |a 9781282754348 | ||
| 020 | |a 9781447300670 |q (EPUB) | ||
| 020 | |a 144730067X |q (EPUB) | ||
| 020 | |z 9781847423979 | ||
| 020 | |z 1847423973 | ||
| 020 | |z 9781847423986 | ||
| 020 | |z 1847423981 | ||
| 024 | 8 | |a 9786612754340 | |
| 029 | 1 | |a AU@ |b 000047252009 | |
| 029 | 1 | |a DEBSZ |b 396421598 | |
| 029 | 1 | |a DEBSZ |b 449197948 | |
| 029 | 1 | |a DEBSZ |b 45489466X | |
| 029 | 1 | |a GBVCP |b 1003653448 | |
| 029 | 1 | |a NZ1 |b 15122500 | |
| 029 | 1 | |a UKMGB |b 017801060 | |
| 029 | 1 | |a AU@ |b 000058935369 | |
| 035 | |a (OCoLC)664565734 |z (OCoLC)665195744 |z (OCoLC)747531016 |z (OCoLC)816580879 |z (OCoLC)1062296300 | ||
| 037 | |a 275434 |b MIL | ||
| 037 | |a 22573/ctt8hgk18 |b JSTOR | ||
| 050 | 4 | |a HB846.8 |b .C53 2010eb | |
| 072 | 7 | |a PSY |x 031000 |2 bisacsh | |
| 072 | 7 | |a JPP |2 bicssc | |
| 072 | 7 | |a POL028000 |2 bisacsh | |
| 082 | 0 | 4 | |a 302.13 |2 22 |
| 049 | |a UAMI | ||
| 100 | 1 | |a Clarke, Michael, |d 1945- |1 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjHMVpw8C6gKRhcx6yFJCP | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Challenging choices : |b ideology, consumerism and policy / |c Michael Clarke. |
| 260 | |a Bristol, UK ; |a Portland, OR : |b Policy Press, |c 2010. | ||
| 300 | |a 1 online resource (iv, 211 pages) | ||
| 336 | |a text |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
| 337 | |a computer |b c |2 rdamedia | ||
| 338 | |a online resource |b cr |2 rdacarrier | ||
| 347 | |a data file | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-204) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Cover -- Challenging Choices -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part One: Choice And Consumerism -- 1. What Is Choice? -- 2. Making Choices: Just Fun? -- Opportunity Cost, Regret And Complexity -- Adapting To Choice: Maximisers And Satisficers -- Reversibility And Provision -- Individual And Collective Choice -- Making Choices More Or Less Stressful -- Adaptation: A Sting In The Tail -- 3. Choice And The Consumer Society -- Industrialisation And The Acceptance Of Constant Change -- The Political Consequences Of Industrialisation -- Markets And Their Problems -- Engaging With The Problems: Socialism And Social Democracy -- The Inevitability Of Social Democracy -- The Rise Of Affluence And The New Right -- The Coming Of Affluence -- The Legacy Of The New Right: The Consumer Society -- The Politics Of Consumerist Choice -- Credit And Consumerism -- Consumerism And The EmperorS New Clothes -- Tolerance As A Leading Value Of Consumerism -- Choice, Tolerance And Meaning -- 4. When Choice Does Not Work -- Does Choice Overwhelm Or Empower? -- Professionals And Other Experts: Intermediaries -- Provision -- Popular Music And Broadcasting: Counter-Examples? -- 5. Some Wider Problems With Choice -- Cartels And Competition -- The Problems Of Intervention -- Pubs And Beer -- Cartels: A Permanent Feature Of The Modern Economy -- Choice And The Big Lie -- Cars -- Supermarkets -- Retail Financial Services -- Bad Choices -- Credit And The Money Illusion -- Choice And Duty -- Conclusion: Spoiled For Choice -- Part Two: Choice And The Life Cycle -- 6. Introduction: Choice And The Life Cycle -- 7. Jobs And Careers -- 8. Lovers, Partners, Spouses -- 9. Fertility And Family -- Child Rearing -- 10. Retirement -- 11. Death -- The Current Debate -- The Problems Of Care -- Part Three: Conclusions -- 12. Choice And Meaning -- Religion As A Support For Meaning -- Individualism And The Retreat Into Self In The Search For Meaning: Hedonism -- The Retreat Into Self: Self-Improvement -- Choice And Meaning: Three Options -- 13. Conclusion -- Notes And Sources -- Index. | |
| 520 | |a This lively and topical book provides a critique of choice in contemporary society and policy. Having choices empowers us, but constant extension of choice overwhelms us. In a concise and readable style, the author considers whether choice enhances or burdens our lives, and questions the blithe assumption that more choice is always for the better. | ||
| 588 | 0 | |a Print version record. | |
| 590 | |a ProQuest Ebook Central |b Ebook Central Academic Complete | ||
| 590 | |a JSTOR |b Books at JSTOR Demand Driven Acquisitions (DDA) | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Social choice. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Decision making. | |
| 650 | 2 | |a Decision Making | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Choix collectif. | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Prise de décision. | |
| 650 | 7 | |a decision making. |2 aat | |
| 650 | 7 | |a PSYCHOLOGY |x Social Psychology. |2 bisacsh | |
| 650 | 7 | |a POLITICAL SCIENCE |x Public Policy |x General. |2 bisacsh | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Decision making |2 fast | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Social choice |2 fast | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Alltag |2 gnd | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Wahlmöglichkeit |2 gnd | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Entscheidungsfindung |2 gnd | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Kollektiventscheidung |2 gnd | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Verbraucherverhalten |2 gnd | |
| 758 | |i has work: |a Challenging choices (Text) |1 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCGjKhYYCQDGKtBDJJGVFXd |4 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork | ||
| 776 | 0 | 8 | |i Print version: |a Clarke, Michael, 1945- |t Challenging choices. |d Bristol, UK ; Portland, OR : Policy Press, 2010 |z 9781847423986 |w (OCoLC)432408387 |
| 856 | 4 | 0 | |u https://ebookcentral.uam.elogim.com/lib/uam-ebooks/detail.action?docID=581733 |z Texto completo |
| 938 | |a Project MUSE |b MUSE |n musev2_79769 | ||
| 938 | |a Askews and Holts Library Services |b ASKH |n AH24221741 | ||
| 938 | |a Coutts Information Services |b COUT |n 15046913 | ||
| 938 | |a EBL - Ebook Library |b EBLB |n EBL581733 | ||
| 938 | |a ebrary |b EBRY |n ebr10412747 | ||
| 938 | |a EBSCOhost |b EBSC |n 335497 | ||
| 938 | |a ProQuest MyiLibrary Digital eBook Collection |b IDEB |n 275434 | ||
| 938 | |a Oxford University Press USA |b OUPR |n PPO00195 | ||
| 938 | |a YBP Library Services |b YANK |n 3442689 | ||
| 938 | |a YBP Library Services |b YANK |n 7483670 | ||
| 994 | |a 92 |b IZTAP | ||