Social Opulence and Private Restraint - The Consumer in British Socialist Thought Since 1800

A study of the place of the consumer and consumption in the political economy of British socialism, from its early-nineteenth-century origins to the modern Left, illustrating the multifaceted ideological challenge presented by the accommodation of the consumer within socialist political economy.

About the author

Noel Thompson graduated from St. Andrews University in 1974, and pursued a Masters degree in Economic and Political Thought at Queen's University Belfast, before undertaking research leading to the award of a doctorate by the University of Cambridge. He was appointed to a lectureship in Swansea University in 1979, was awarded a personal chair in 1999, and has been Head of its Department of History, School of Humanities, Acting Head of the School of Law, and of the College of Business, Economics and Law. He was appointed Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research) in 2008 and resigned from that post to take up a Visiting Fellowship at St. Catherine's College, Oxford in 2014.

His research is focused primarily on the history of British anti-capitalist and socialist political economy in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and his most recent monographs include Political Economy and the Labour Party: the economics of democratic socialism, 1884-2005 (2006), Left in the wilderness: the political economy of British democratic socialism since 1979 (2002), and The Real Rights of Man: political economies for the working class, 1775-1850 (1998).

Summary

A study of the place of the consumer and consumption in the political economy of British socialism, from its early-nineteenth-century origins to the modern Left, illustrating the multifaceted ideological challenge presented by the accommodation of the consumer within socialist political economy.

Product details

• Authors: Noel Thompson
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.12.2015
• EAN: 9780199646012
• ISBN: 978-0-19-964601-2
• No. of pages: 252
• Subjects: Education and learning > Vocational and technical college books; Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, European History, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Consumer Behavior, 20th Century, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 21st Century, 21st Century, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Socialism & left-of-centre democratic ideologies, Left-of-centre democratic ideologies, Consumerism