Dark Side of Prosperity - Late Capitalism''s Culture of Indebtedness

Zusatztext 'In The Dark Side of Prosperity! Mark Horsley offers a detailed theoretical and empirical analysis of the debt industry and the lives of those who suffer under the burden of consumer debt. The book is written in a lively! imaginative and accessible style and yet still manages to remain theoretically rigorous. This is an outstanding contribution! and it is destined to become the standard text against which all other sociological accounts of the debt industry will be measured.' Simon Winlow! Teesside University! UK 'This study of the cultural and subjective motivations of debtors! and the history and economics of the growth in consumer credit! offers a new slant to understanding consumer debt markets. We discover that the driving forces behind the recent upsurge of consumer indebtedness are the cyclical availability of credit and pervasive individualistic narratives about aspiration and the enjoyment society.' Colin Webster! Leeds Beckett University! UK Informationen zum Autor Mark Horsley lectures in the Department of Law and Social Science at the University of Cumbria! UK. Zusammenfassung Examines questions of social identity, subjectivity and consumer motivation in close connection with the socio-cultural ideals of an 'enjoyment society', that binds the value of the lives of individuals to the endless acquisition and disposal of pecuniary resources and lifestyle symbols. Inhaltsverzeichnis The Dark Side of Prosperity

Product details

• Authors: Mark Horsley, Horsley Mark
• Publisher: ASHGATE PUB CO
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.03.2015
• EAN: 9781472436573
• ISBN: 978-1-4724-3657-3
• No. of pages: 196
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; Sociology, History of Ideas, Social Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Theory, Philosophy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory, REFERENCE / Research, Economic theory & philosophy, Western philosophy from c 1800, Sociology: work & labour, Social classes, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Sociology: work and labour, Economic theory and philosophy, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General, Research methods: general