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Work, Consumption and Capitalism

By: Lynne Pettinger

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Work, Consumption and Capitalism

By: Lynne Pettinger

Sonic branding, guerrilla marketing, celebrity endorsements, customer service excellence and multi-channel advertising are just some of the popular sales techniques that currently promote consumerism in contemporary capitalism. Considerable energy is devoted to encouraging consumers to desire new fashions, to celebrate 'good design', to have feelings for brands and to immerse themselves in sensory experiences, without worrying about the ethics of their practices. Work, Consumption and Capitalism looks at how consumption is produced by focusing on the multiple kinds of work that make consumption possible, from advertising creatives to fashion designers, from self-service checkouts to the hippest barista in the coolest coffee shop. The text encourages students to consider the place of consumerism in global capitalism to develop their own answers to the question: How is consumption made possible? This wide-ranging study of the relations between work, consumption and capitalism draws on interdisciplinary research in cultural and economic sociology, history, marketing studies and cultural studies. With research tasks and discussion questions at the end of each chapter and case studies throughout, it stands as an accessible introduction for students of sociology, business and management, media and communication, cultural policy and cultural studies. Listen to a podcast about the book.

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Work, Consumption and Capitalism

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What’s Wrong with Work?

By: Lynne Pettinger

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What’s Wrong with Work?

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Why does work matter? As changes occur in how work is organised across the globe, What’s wrong with work shows that how workers are treated has wide implications beyond the lives of workers themselves. Recognising gender, race, class and global differences, the book looks at three kinds of increasingly important work – green work, IT work and the ‘gig’ economy - within the context of the neoliberal society, the promises of technologisation and anticipated environmental catastrophe. It considers the ways formal work is often dependent on informal work, especially domestic work and care work. Accessible and engaging, it concludes by considering political and ethical questions in what might make work better, arguing that there is a collective responsibility to address bad work.

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Policy Press

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1447341031

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By: Lynne Pettinger

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1447341872

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Dance in My Shoes

By: Lynne K Pettinger

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Dance in My Shoes

By: Lynne K Pettinger

Annie O'Brien was raised in a traditional, wealthy Catholic family living by the belief that the family that prays together stays together but behind the cloistered walls of the convent where she was educated she uncovers a secret that tears her family apart. Left to fend for herself, she is determined to complete her education and help her mother. She enters the shrouded, mysterious world of the exotic dancer to make the fast, easy money she needs. After completing her education, she climbs the corporate ladder to a successful career, but at a price, only to find herself back in a strip club several years later. She takes us on a journey from Toronto to the neon jungle of Las Vegas where she goes up against the powerful men who control this multi-million dollar business of the good, the bad and the ugly; the sex and the drugs; the dancers who tell her their stories saying, "This is not now how I would have drawn my life"; the customers who are more faithful to their regular dancers than they are to their wives; the men believing the dancer is faithful to them, forgetting that this is her business as she dances to a different tune.

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CreateSpace

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1491076070

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Don't... Bless Me Father

A Novel

By: Lynne Kathleen Pettinger

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Don't... Bless Me Father

A Novel

By: Lynne Kathleen Pettinger

The story of a strict Catholic family who live by the belief "the family that prays together stays together." This fallacy is brought to light by eighteen year old Annie, the youngest daughter, when her handicapped brother dies. Inside the cloistered walls of the convent where Annie was educated lies a dark, protected secret that will tear her and her family apart.

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1420834592

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Work, Consumption and Capitalism

Work, Consumption and Capitalism

Work, Consumption and Capitalism

Work, Consumption and Capitalism

What’s Wrong with Work?

What’s Wrong with Work?

What’s Wrong with Work?

What’s Wrong with Work?

Dance in My Shoes

Dance in My Shoes

Don't... Bless Me Father

Don't... Bless Me Father

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