Name: Work, Consumerism and the New Poor
ISBN: 9780335215980

作者: Zygmunt Bauman
出版社: Open University Press
出版年: 2004-9-1
页数: 144
定价: USD 47.00
装帧: Paperback
ISBN: 9780335215980

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Reviewers' comments on the first edition: 'Zygmunt Bauman presents a cogently argued and compelling thesis...an important book from a distinguished scholar, that adds a new dimension to the poverty debate' - "British Journal of Sociology". 'It will be of great interest and value to students, teachers and researchers in sociology and social policy! [Bauman] provides a very forceful and sophisticated statement of the case; and a very well written one too. As a wide ranging analysis of our present discontents it is an admirable example of the sort of challenge which sociology at its best can offer to us and our fellow citizens to re-assess and re-think our current social arrangements' - "Work, Employment and Society". 'This is a stylish and persuasive analysis of the transition between the age of the 'society of producers' to that of the 'society of consumers" - Political Studies.It is one thing to be poor in a society of producers and universal employment; it is quite a different thing to be poor in a society of consumers, in which life projects are built around consumer choices rather than on work, professional skills or jobs. Where 'being poor' was once linked to being unemployed, today it draws its meaning primarily from the plight of a flawed consumer. This has a significant effect on the way living in poverty is experienced and on the prospects for redeeming its misery. "Work, Consumerism and the New Poor" traces this change over the duration of modern history. It makes an inventory of its social consequences, and considers how effective different ways of fighting poverty and relieving its hardships are.The new edition of this seminal work features: updated coverage of key thinkers in the field; discussion of recent work on redundancy, disposability and exclusion; and, current thinking on the effects of capital flows on different countries and the changes on the shop floor through, for example, business process re-engineering; and, new material on security and vulnerability. It is a key reading for students and lecturers in sociology, politics and social policy, and those with an interest in contemporary social issues.

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Zygmunt Bauman is an emeritus professor of sociology at the University of Leeds. He is one of the foremost commentators on the postmodern condition. His latest books include Postmodernity and Its Discontents and The Globals and the Locals

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工作伦理主张任何由劳动收入所支持的生活，不论多么悲惨都具有道德的优越性 (查看原文)

昼伏夜眠入地狱 6 回复 28赞 2020-03-26 14:45:46

—— 引自第47页
既然穷人对很少的东西就容易满足并且不会努力争取更多东西，穷人的工资应该保持在仅仅维持生计的水平，这样，虽然有工作，穷人只能勉强糊口，为了生计不停地劳作。 (查看原文)

昼伏夜眠入地狱 6 回复 28赞 2020-03-26 14:45:46

—— 引自第189页