Showing papers by "Alan Warde published in 1992"

Notes on the Relationship between Production and Consumption

Abstract: Historically, sociologists in general, British sociologists in particular, have paid little attention to consumption. When not considered the mere reflection of production it has been treated as a derivative of distribution, a matter of the availability of resources rather than of who consumes what. When attention was devoted to actual consumption behaviour, it was usually as social pathology, concerned with social problems of inadequate diet, excess alcohol, and the like. Weber and Veblen were exceptions among the sociological classics in examining consumption for its own sake. But recently this has changed, with some strong claims being made for the importance of a sociology of consumption to challenge dominant materialist approaches that focus on labour and production (see Moorhouse, 1983; Offe, 1985a; Saunders, 1986; Bauman, 1988).

Social Change in Contemporary Britain

Abstract: Introduction, Nicholas Abercrombie and Alan Warde from social democracy to Thatcherism - 25 years of British politics, Bob Jessop from Beatles to Bros - 25 years of British pop, Simon Frith where did all the bright girls go? women's higher education and employment since 1964 change in the domestic division of labour in the UK 1975-1987 - dependent labour versus adaptive partnership, Johnathan Gershuny the rising demand for law and order and our Maginot lines of defence against crime, Jock Young changing households? changing work?, Liz Stanley the sacralization of the self and the New Age capitalism, Paul Heelas the end of the industrial worker?, Huw Benyon