Conversations On Consumption

Author : Jonathan Schroeder
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2014-06-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317981596

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Conversations on Consumption by Jonathan Schroeder Pdf

Consumption studies has grown tremendously in the past decade. Researchers in sociology, geography, anthropology, history, marketing, management, organization and even art history have embraced consumption as a key institution of our era, and are eager for ideas and insights. Conversations on Consumption makes an important contribution to the growing field of consumption studies by offering readers a lively introduction to debates and dialogues that have shaped the field, in the form of engaging interviews and personal reflections from leading theorists and researchers. The interviews in this collection were first published in the interdisciplinary journal Consumption Markets and Culture and together form an accessible summary of the leading ideas and key developments in consumption studies and social theory over the past two decades. With innovative contributions from marketing academics, historians, consumer researchers, sociologists, anthropologists and artists, the pieces highlight the interdisciplinary nature of consumption, as well as the wide-ranging interest in consumption studies. They are united in their approach to understand consumption, far removed from economic or managerial analysis, by focusing more on the role it plays in culture. Conversations on Consumption will be of interest to scholars and students of sociology, anthropology, consumer research, management studies, and history.

Author : Steven Van Belleghem
Publisher : Kogan Page Publishers
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2012-05-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780749466602

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The Conversation Manager by Steven Van Belleghem Pdf

Mobile devices, new digital technologies and the increasing popularity of social media all contribute to the ever-growing gap between internet-savvy consumers and traditional means of advertising. With the old tried and tested techniques no longer being effective, marketers, who do not want to fall behind, need to find novel ways to engage with the new-sprung breed of consumers. To do this, learning to listen and communicate with your consumers is critical. Based on four years of primary research, The Conversation Manager explains the evolution of the modern consumer and clearly demonstrates why traditional advertising no longer works. Illustrated with an extensive number of examples of advertising campaigns, this book is full of practical tools to help you transform your company strategy and kick-start conversations with your customers.

Author : United States. Congress. Joint Economic Committee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : United States
ISBN : MINN:31951D00288822J

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Roundtable Conversations on the State of the Economy and Economic Policy by United States. Congress. Joint Economic Committee Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. Joint Economic Committee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Government publications
ISBN : LOC:00170181669

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Roundtable Conversations on the State of the Economy and Economic Policy: First and second sessions ... Nov. 21, 1991, and May 28, July 28 and Aug. 12, 1992 by United States. Congress. Joint Economic Committee Pdf

Author : Stephen Gudeman,Alberto Rivera
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1990-07-19
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521387450

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Conversations in Colombia by Stephen Gudeman,Alberto Rivera Pdf

This collaborative study in economic theory is cast as a sort of conversation, implicating not only the authors (an American economic anthropologist and a Colombian colleague) but also the rural Colombian people, who contributed the raw materials for the conversation.

Author : Arpit Kumar
Publisher : Educreation Publishing
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2017-06-14
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Conflicts And Conversations by Arpit Kumar Pdf

There's no coffee in Shakespeare. The narrative of its emergence is inextricably linked to the progress of Western modernity. This book looks at a specific episode in the history of coffee to explore certain aspects of modernity, eighteenth culture and politics that have had wide ranging consequences. The coffee-house was at the center of Habermas' theorization of the public sphere, a space for free rational-critical deliberation and will-formation, which became a central institution of modernity and democracy. Through an analysis of the many kinds of crowds that gathered in the different English coffee-houses of the long-eighteenth century, the book proposes an alternative way of understanding the public sphere as a congregation of contesting 'publics'.

Author : April Linton
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2012-09-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780295804194

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Fair Trade from the Ground Up by April Linton Pdf

Fair Trade promises to raise living standards in developing countries through: - worldwide minimum prices for commodities - support for democratically governed cooperatives - requirement of minimum wages and safety standards for workers - training to help producers improved quality and develop business skills - encouragement of eco-friendly practices - third-party certification In contrast to the free trade status quo, Fair Trade relies on informed consumers to choose more direct supply chains that minimize the role of middlemen, offering economic justice and social change as a viable and sustainable alternative to charity. But does it work? Fair Trade from the Ground Up documents achievements at both the producer and the consumer ends of commodity chains and assesses prospects for future growth. From Guatemalan coffee farmers to student activists on U.S. college campuses, the stories of individuals inform April Linton's analysis. Drawing on studies by social scientists and economists, as well as on new case studies, she provides balanced answers to hard questions: How can large institutions be persuaded to commit to using Fair Trade suppliers? Does ethical consumerism work? Are the "social premiums" that are built into Fair Trade prices really being used for community projects? Will Fair Trade market growth reach the scale of organics or green products? This book meets a long-felt need among economic-justice activists, consumer groups, and academics for a reliable qualitative and quantitative overview of achievements of the Fair Trade movement.

Author : Joseph Jaffe
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2008-01-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780470187869

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Join the Conversation by Joseph Jaffe Pdf

With the continued fragmentation of the media and proliferation of media options, the balance of power has shifted from the marketer to the individual. In Join the Conversation, Jaffe discusses the changing role of the consumer and how marketers must adapt by joining the rich, deep and meaningful conversation already in progress. This book reveals what marketers must do to become a welcome and invited part of the dialogue, and how to leverage and integrate the resulting partnership in ways that provide win-win situations for businesses, brands and lives.

Author : Ekhiotz Jon Vergara Alonso
Publisher : Linköping University Electronic Press
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2016-03-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789176858226

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Energy Modelling and Fairness for Efficient Mobile Communication by Ekhiotz Jon Vergara Alonso Pdf

Energy consumption and its management have been clearly identified as a challenge in computing and communication system design, where energy economy is obviously of paramount importance for battery powered devices. This thesis addresses the energy efficiency of mobile communication at the user end in the context of cellular networks. We argue that energy efficiency starts by energy awareness and propose EnergyBox, a parametrised tool that enables accurate and repeatable energy quantification at the user end using real data traffic traces as input. EnergyBox offers an abstraction of the underlying states for operation of the wireless interfaces and allows to estimate the energy consumption for different operator settings and device characteristics. The tool is used throughout the thesis to quantify and reveal inefficient data communication patterns of widely used mobile applications. We consider two different perspectives in the search of energy-efficient solutions. From the application perspective, we show that systematically quantifying the energy consumption of design choices (e.g., communication patterns, protocols, and data formats) contributes to a significantly smaller energy footprint. From the system perspective, we devise a cross-layer solution that schedules packet transmissions based on the knowledge of the network parameters that impact the energy consumption of the handset. These attempts show that application level decisions require a better understanding of possible energy apportionment policies at system level. Finally, we study the generic problem of determining the contribution of an entity (e.g., application) to the total energy consumption of a given system (e.g., mobile device). We compare the state-of-the-art policies in terms of fairness leveraging cooperative game theory and analyse their required information and computational complexity. We show that providing incentives to reduce the total energy consumption of the system (as part of fairness) is tightly coupled to the policy selection. Our study provides guidelines to select an appropriate policy depending on the characteristics of the system.

Author : afterwards VARLEY LOWRY (Delvalle)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1837
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0024276240

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Conversations on Mineralogy ... Second edition, enlarged by afterwards VARLEY LOWRY (Delvalle) Pdf

Author : Mastoureh Fathi
Publisher : Springer
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2017-10-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137525307

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Intersectionality, Class and Migration by Mastoureh Fathi Pdf

This book offers critical analysis of everyday narratives of Iranian middle class migrants who use their social class and careers to "fit in" with British society. Based on a series of interviews and participant observations with two cohorts of "privileged" Iranian migrant women working as doctors, dentists and academics in Britain—groups that are usually absent from studies around migration, marginality and intersectionality—the book applies narrative analysis and intersectionality to critically analyse social class in relation to gender, ethnicity, places and sense of belonging in Britain. As concepts such as "Nation," "Migrant," "Native," "Other," "Security," and "Border" have populated public and policy discourse, it is vital to explore migrants’ experiences and perceptions of the society in which they live, to answer deceptively simple questions such as ​"What does class mean?" and "How is class translated in the lives of migrants?"

Author : Sherman Lewis
Publisher : Hayward Area Planning Association
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2022-08-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Three Essays in Search of a Conversation by Sherman Lewis Pdf

These essays are for Americans concerned about the future of our country and for policy wonks. By and large, the political process is controlled by those who take an intertest in politics, large in number but small as a percent of population. Are you a member of the political class? Membership is voluntary. Our first 800 years of thinking: science culture and empathy from the Enlightenment ~1600 to ~ 2400 The Crisis of the Anthropocene: The most comprehensive description of all issues of the crisis in less than 100 pages. For the purpose of going through your mind to influence your brain. Musings on our Present Discontent: America, not advanced, not a democracy. Right to life for baby; right to choose for mom. Taxation. The security of a free state. Issues not discussed. The threat from within, Trumpism. The threat from without: Putinism. How to participate. Renewal.

Author : Robin Canniford,Domen Bajde
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2015-09-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317589624

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Assembling Consumption by Robin Canniford,Domen Bajde Pdf

Assembling Consumption marks a definitive step in the institutionalisation of qualitative business research. By gathering leading scholars and educators who study markets, marketing and consumption through the lenses of philosophy, sociology and anthropology, this book clarifies and applies the investigative tools offered by assemblage theory, actor-network theory and non-representational theory. Clear theoretical explanation and methodological innovation, alongside empirical applications of these emerging frameworks will offer readers new and refreshing perspectives on consumer culture and market societies. This is an essential reading for both seasoned scholars and advanced students of markets, economies and social forms of consumption.

Author : Margaret S. Archer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2009-12-18
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135268619

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Conversations About Reflexivity by Margaret S. Archer Pdf

" Reflexivity" is defined as the regular exercise of the mental ability, shared by all normal people, to consider themselves in relation to their (social) contexts and vice versa. In addition to this sociological interest, it allows us to hold idle or trivial internal conversations. Focussing fully on this phenomenon, this book discusses the three main questions associated with this subject in detail. Where does the ability to be "reflexive" comes from? What part do our internal reflexive deliberations play in designing the courses of action we take: subordinate to habitual action or not? Is "reflexivity" a homogeneous practice for all people and invariant over history? In addressing these questions, contributors engage critically with the most relevant studies by luminaries such as G.H Mead, C.S. Pierce, Habermas, Luhmann, Beck, Giddens and Bourdieu. Most contributors are leading Pragmatists or Critical Realists, associated with the "Reflexivity Forum" an informal, international and inter-disciplinary group. This combination of reference to influential writers of the past, and the best of modern theory has produced a fascinating book that is essential reading for all students with a serious interest in social theory or critical realism.

Author : Tatiana Schlossberg
Publisher : Balance
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2019-08-27
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781538747094

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Inconspicuous Consumption by Tatiana Schlossberg Pdf

*First Place Winner of the Society of Environmental Journalists' Rachel Carson Environment Book Award* "If you're looking for something to cling to in what often feels like a hopeless conversation, Schlossberg's darkly humorous, knowledge-is-power, eyes-wide-open approach may be just the thing."--Vogue From a former New York Times science writer, this urgent call to action will empower you to stand up to climate change and environmental pollution by making simple but impactful everyday choices. With urgency and wit, Tatiana Schlossberg explains that far from being only a distant problem of the natural world created by the fossil fuel industry, climate change is all around us, all the time, lurking everywhere in our convenience-driven society, all without our realizing it. By examining the unseen and unconscious environmental impacts in four areas-the Internet and technology, food, fashion, and fuel - Schlossberg helps readers better understand why climate change is such a complicated issue, and how it connects all of us: How streaming a movie on Netflix in New York burns coal in Virginia; how eating a hamburger in California might contribute to pollution in the Gulf of Mexico; how buying an inexpensive cashmere sweater in Chicago expands the Mongolian desert; how destroying forests from North Carolina is necessary to generate electricity in England. Cataloging the complexities and frustrations of our carbon-intensive society with a dry sense of humor, Schlossberg makes the climate crisis and its solutions interesting and relevant to everyone who cares, even a little, about the planet. She empowers readers to think about their stuff and the environment in a new way, helping them make more informed choices when it comes to the future of our world. Most importantly, this is a book about the power we have as voters and consumers to make sure that the fight against climate change includes all of us and all of our stuff, not just industry groups and politicians. If we have any hope of solving the problem, we all have to do it together. "A compelling-and illuminating-look at how our daily habits impact the environment."--Vanity Fair "Shows how even the smallest decisions can have profound environmental consequences."--The New York Times