Consumption: A Sociological Analysis

by Alan Warde

1. Introduction.-  Part I: The Development of the Sociology of Consumption.- 2.  Sociology and Consumption.- 3.  The Development of the Sociology of Consumption.-  Part II: Consumption and Practice.- 4.  Consumption as Appropriation: On the use of 'Consumption' and Consumption as Use.- 5.  Consumption and Theories of Practice.- Part III:  Consumption, Taste and Power.- 6.  Practice and Field: Revising Bourdieu's Concepts.- 7.  Re-assessing Cultural Capital.- Part IV:  Consumption, Critique and Politics.- 8.  Consumption and the  critique of Society.- 9.  Sustainable Consumption: Practices, Habits and Politics.- 10.  Illusions of Sovereignty and Choice

261 pages, Hardcover

Published December 1, 2016