Includes bibliographical references (pages 122-128) and index.
Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; ForeWord; Introduction; Part I; Chapter 01; Chapter 02; Part Ii; Chapter 03; Chapter 04; Chapter 05; Part Iii; Chapter 06; Notes; Index.
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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.