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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...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Portland, OR :
Policy Press,
2010.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.