The emergence of contemporary consumerism -- The consumer as chooser -- The consumer as communicator -- The consumer as explorer -- The consumer as identity-seeker -- The consumer as hedonist -- The consumer as victim -- The consumer as rebel -- The consumer as activist -- The consumer as...

'The Unmanageable Consumer' outlines the key Western traditions of thinking about & being a consumer. Each chapter posits a consumer model with examples from the international community. Readers are invited to enter a radical analysis of contemporary consumerism which suggests that consumerism...

'The Unmanageable Consumer has long been one of my favorite books in the sociology of consumption. This long overdue third edition has updated and revised the basic argument in many ways. Most importantly, it now offers a new chapter on the consumer as worker or, more generally, the prosumer....