Transforming society? by Simpson Graeme Price Vicky

Author:Simpson, Graeme, Price, Vicky [Simpson, Graeme, Price, Vicky]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781861347411
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Publisher: Bristol University Press
Published: 2007-04-11T00:00:00+00:00

Part Four

Consumption

SEVEN

New forms of relations and inequality?

While production and reproduction have a long sociological history, it is only more recently that consumption has attained greater sociological attention. This chapter examines consumption, arguing that it has a contradictory force of its own. It brings about new forms of inequality and exclusion for the poor, but it can also be a means of inclusion, for example, the ‘pink pound’ (the combined spending power of gay people). Understanding the nature of consumption and its broader linkages to production is crucial for social workers’ understanding of their service users’ social position.

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