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Consumption and Class

Divisions and Change

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  • © 1992

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Editors:
  1. Roger Burrows

    1. Teesside Polytechnic, UK

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  2. Catherine Marsh

    1. University of Manchester, UK

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Part of the book series: Explorations in Sociology. (EIS)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Consumption, Class and Contemporary Sociology

    • Roger Burrows, Catherine Marsh
    Pages 1-14

  3. Notes on the Relationship between Production and Consumption

    • Alan Warde
    Pages 15-31

  4. Constructing Consumers and Consumer Protection: the Case of the Life Insurance Industry in the United Kingdom

    • Glenn Morgan, David Knights
    Pages 32-51

  5. Social Class, Consumption Divisions and Housing Mobility

    • Mike Savage, Paul Watt, Sara Arber
    Pages 52-70

  6. Medicine and Markets: Power, Choice and the Consumption of Private Medical Care

    • Joan Busfield
    Pages 71-88

  7. Principles and Practice: the Case of Private Health Insurance

    • Michael Calnan, Sarah Cant
    Pages 89-121

  8. Managed Markets: Consumers and Producers in the National Health Service

    • Rob Flynn
    Pages 122-139

  9. Patterns of Social Consciousness amongst the Middle Classes

    • Rosemary Crompton
    Pages 140-165

  10. thirtysomething and Contemporary Consumer Culture: Distinctiveness and Distinction

    • Frances Bonner, Paul du Gay
    Pages 166-183

  11. Class Differences in Access to Higher Education in Britain

    • Catherine Marsh, Robert M. Blackburn
    Pages 184-211

  12. Competing Views of Contemporary Social Mobility and Social Divisions

    • Geoff Payne
    Pages 212-240

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 241-263
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An edited collection exploring divisions and changes within and between the spheres of consumption and production. Topics include: the relationship between consumption and production; the social construction of consumers; housing and social class mobility; health provision; the role of the 'service class'; and access to higher education. Peter Saunders' work provides the initial stimulus for many of the papers, but all go beyond his narrow conception of a sociology of consumption and his liberal analysis of patterns of social inequality.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Teesside Polytechnic, UK

    Roger Burrows

  • University of Manchester, UK

    Catherine Marsh

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