The Dark Side Of Prosperity

Author : Mark Horsley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2016-03-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317036487

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The Dark Side of Prosperity by Mark Horsley Pdf

This book offers a critical analysis of consumer credit markets and the growth of outstanding debt, presenting in-depth interview material to explore the phenomenon of mass indebtedness through the life trajectories of self-identified debtors struggling with the pressures of owing money. A rich and original qualitative study of the close relationship between financial capitalism, consumer aspirations, social exclusion and the proliferation of personal indebtedness, The Dark Side of Prosperity examines questions of social identity, subjectivity and consumer motivation in close connection with the socio-cultural ideals of an ’enjoyment society’ that binds the value of the lives of individuals to the endless acquisition and disposal of pecuniary resources and lifestyle symbols. Critically engaging with the work of Giddens, Beck and Bauman, this volume draws on the thought of contemporary philosophers including Zizek, Badiou and Rancière to consider the possibility that the expansion of outstanding consumer credit, despite its many consequences, may be integral to the construction of social identity in a radically indeterminate and increasingly divided society. A ground-breaking work of critical social research this book will appeal to scholars of social theory, contemporary philosophy and political and economic sociology, as well as those with interests in consumer credit and cultures of indebtedness.

Author : Richard A. Walker
Publisher : PM Press
Page : 661 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2018-06-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781629635231

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Pictures of a Gone City by Richard A. Walker Pdf

The San Francisco Bay Area is currently the jewel in the crown of capitalism—the tech capital of the world and a gusher of wealth from the Silicon Gold Rush. It has been generating jobs, spawning new innovation, and spreading ideas that are changing lives everywhere. It boasts of being the Left Coast, the Greenest City, and the best place for workers in the USA. So what could be wrong? It may seem that the Bay Area has the best of it in Trump’s America, but there is a dark side of success: overheated bubbles and spectacular crashes; exploding inequality and millions of underpaid workers; a boiling housing crisis, mass displacement, and severe environmental damage; a delusional tech elite and complicity with the worst in American politics. This sweeping account of the Bay Area in the age of the tech boom covers many bases. It begins with the phenomenal concentration of IT in Greater Silicon Valley, the fabulous economic growth of the bay region and the unbelievable wealth piling up for the 1% and high incomes of Upper Classes—in contrast to the fate of the working class and people of color earning poverty wages and struggling to keep their heads above water. The middle chapters survey the urban scene, including the greatest housing bubble in the United States, a metropolis exploding in every direction, and a geography turned inside out. Lastly, it hits the environmental impact of the boom, the fantastical ideology of TechWorld, and the political implications of the tech-led transformation of the bay region.

Author : Mark Horsley
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2015-03-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781472436597

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The Dark Side of Prosperity by Mark Horsley Pdf

This book offers a critical analysis of consumer credit markets and the growth of outstanding debt, presenting in-depth interview material to explore the phenomenon of mass indebtedness through the life trajectories of self-identified debtors struggling with the pressures of owing money. A rich and original qualitative study of the close relationship between financial capitalism, consumer aspirations, social exclusion and the proliferation of personal indebtedness, The Dark Side of Prosperity examines questions of social identity, subjectivity and consumer motivation in close connection with the socio-cultural ideals of an ‘enjoyment society’ that binds the value of the lives of individuals to the endless acquisition and disposal of pecuniary resources and lifestyle symbols. Critically engaging with the work of Giddens, Beck and Bauman, this volume draws on the thought of contemporary philosophers including Žižek, Badiou and Rancière to consider the possibility that the expansion of outstanding consumer credit, despite its many consequences, may be integral to the construction of social identity in a radically indeterminate and increasingly divided society. A ground-breaking work of critical social research this book will appeal to scholars of social theory, contemporary philosophy and political and economic sociology, as well as those with interests in consumer credit and cultures of indebtedness.

Author : Jorge Heine,Ramesh Thakur,Ramesh Chandra Thakur
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9280811940

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The Dark Side of Globalization by Jorge Heine,Ramesh Thakur,Ramesh Chandra Thakur Pdf

How do these various expressions of "uncivil society" manifest themselves? How do they exploit the opportunities offered by globalization? How can governments, international organizations and civil society deal with the problem? --

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1836
Category : Baptists
ISBN : UIUC:30112058016632

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The Western Messenger by Anonim Pdf

Author : James Freeman Clarke,William Henry Channing,James Handasyd Perkins
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 872 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1837
Category : Unitarianism
ISBN : IND:30000080749066

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The Western Messenger by James Freeman Clarke,William Henry Channing,James Handasyd Perkins Pdf

Author : Robert E. Friedman
Publisher : The New Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2018-10-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781620974049

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A Few Thousand Dollars by Robert E. Friedman Pdf

A guide to making the U.S. economy work for everyone, by a leading advocate of asset development The majority of Americans do not have a few thousand dollars to weather an unexpected illness, job loss, or accident. Most Americans, including 80 percent of people of color, are locked out of the mainstream economy, unable to add their talents, work, and dreams, unable to share in the bounty of this economy. Without a nest egg most Americans cannot invest in their future—and the future of our country—through saving, entrepreneurship, education, and homeownership. We can—and we should—do better. Longtime leader in the field of asset-building Robert E. Friedman demonstrates how a few simple policy changes would address wealth inequality—and build a better economy and a stronger country for us all. In six sharp, compelling chapters, accented by sixteen original black-and-white illustrations by Rohan Eason that present the realities of income and asset inequality and explain the needed policy interventions, Friedman addresses savings, business, education, home, and prosperity to articulate a vision for making inclusive investments without spending an additional dollar, just by transforming tax subsidies for the wealthy few into seeds for prosperity for everyone. This is an investment with a huge return: the redemption of the American promise of prosperity for all.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004310780

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Handbook of Global Contemporary Christianity by Anonim Pdf

The Handbook of Global Contemporary Christianity: Movements, Institutions & Allegiance traces how the largest religion in the world is increasingly expressed in energetic global forms – leading to fresh modes of organisation, belonging, believing, and traditional and syncretic movements.

Author : Louis Sala-Molins
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780816643899

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Dark Side of the Light by Louis Sala-Molins Pdf

Enlightenment thinkers such as Rousseau and Montesquieu are best known for their humanist theories and liberating influence on Western civilization. But as renowned French intellectual Louis Sala-Molins shows, Enlightenment discourses and scholars were also complicit in the Atlantic slave trade, becoming instruments of oppression and inequality. Translated into English for the first time, Dark Side of the Light scrutinizes Condorcet’s Reflections on Negro Slavery and the works of Montesquieu, Rousseau, and Diderot side by side with the Code Noir (the royal document that codified the rules of French Caribbean slavery) in order to uncover attempts to uphold the humanist project of the Enlightenment while simultaneously justifying slavery. Wielding the pen of both the ironist and the moralist, Sala-Molins demonstrates the flawed nature of these attempts and the reasons given for this denial of rights, from the imperatives of public order to the incomplete humanity of the slave (and thus the need for his progressive humanization through slavery), to the economic prosperity that depended on his labor. At the same time, Sala-Molins uses the techniques of literature to give equal weight to the perspective of the “barefooted, the starving, and the slaves” through expository prose and scenes between slave and philosopher, giving moral agency and flesh-and-blood dimensions to issues most often treated as abstractions. Both an urgent critique and a measured analysis, Dark Side of the Light reveals the moral paradoxes of Enlightenment philosophies and their world-changing consequences. Louis Sala-Molins is a moral and political philosopher and emeritus professor at the University of Toulouse. He is the author of many books, including Le Code Noir, ou Le calvaire de Canaan and L’Afrique aux Amériques. John Conteh-Morgan is associate professor of French and Francophone, African-American, and African studies at Ohio State University. He is the author of Theatre and Drama in Francophone Africa: A Critical Introduction.

Author : Tim Freytag,Douglas L. Lauen,Susan L. Robertson
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2021-12-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030785970

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Space, Place and Educational Settings by Tim Freytag,Douglas L. Lauen,Susan L. Robertson Pdf

This open access book explores the nexus between knowledge and space with a particular emphasis on the role of educational settings that are, both, shaping and being reshaped by socio-economic and political processes. It gives insight into the complex interplay of educational inequalities and practices of educational governance in the neighborhood and at larger geographical scales. The book adopts quantitative and qualitative methodologies and explores a wide range of theoretical perspectives by drawing upon empirical cases and examples from France, Germany, Italy, the UK and North America, and presents and reflects ongoing research of international scholars from various disciplinary backgrounds such as education, human geography, public policy, sociology, and urban and regional planning. As such, it provides an interesting read for scholars, students and professionals in the broader field of social, cultural and educational studies, as well as policy makers and practitioners in the fields of education, pedagogy, social work, and urban and regional planning.

Author : Katy Cook
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2019-10-15
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9783030273644

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The Psychology of Silicon Valley by Katy Cook Pdf

Misinformation. Job displacement. Information overload. Economic inequality. Digital addiction. The breakdown of democracy, civility, and truth itself. This open access book explores the conscious and unconscious norms, values, and characteristics that drive behaviors within the high-tech capital of the world, Silicon Valley, and the sector it represents. In an era where the reach and influence of a single industry has the potential to define the future of our world, it has become apparent just how little we know about the organizations driving these changes. The Psychology of Silicon Valley offers a revealing look inside the mind of world’s most influential industry and how the identity, culture, myths, and motivations of Big Tech are harming society. The book argues that the bad values and lack of emotional intelligence borne in the vacuum of Silicon Valley will have lasting consequences on everything from social equality to the future of work to our collective mental health. Katy Cook expertly walks us through the psychological landscape of Silicon Valley, including its leadership, ethical, and cultural problems, and artfully explains why we cannot afford to ignore the psychology and values that are behind our technology any longer.

Author : Meredith Whitney
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2013-06-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781101601495

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Fate of the States by Meredith Whitney Pdf

"Forget everything you think you know about the direction of the American economy, about our grow­ing need for foreign oil, about the rise of the service economy and the decline of American manufacturing. The story of the next thirty years will not be a repeat of the last thirty." One of the most respected voices on Wall Street, Meredith Whitney shot to global prominence in 2007 when her warnings of a looming crisis in the financial sector proved all too prescient. Now, in her first book, she expands upon her biggest call since the financial crisis.

Author : Yonatan N. Gez
Publisher : Springer
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2018-09-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783319906416

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Traditional Churches, Born Again Christianity, and Pentecostalism by Yonatan N. Gez Pdf

In Kenya's vibrant urban religious landscape, where Pentecostal and traditional churches of various orientations live side by side, religious identity tends to overflow a single institutional affiliation. While Kenya’s Christianity may offer modes of coping with the fragilities of urban life, it is subject to repeated crises and schisms, often fueled by rumors and accusations of hypocrisy. In order to understand the unfolding of Kenyans’ dynamic religious identities, and inspired by the omnipresent distinction between ‘religious membership’ and ‘church visits,’ Yonatan N. Gez considers the complementary relations between a center of religious affiliation and expansion towards secondary practices. Building on this basic distinction, the book develops a theoretical innovation in the form of the ‘religious repertoire’ model, which maps individuals’ religious identities in terms of three intertwined degrees of practice.

Author : Daromir Rudnyckyj,Filippo Osella
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2017-03-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781107186057

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Religion and the Morality of the Market by Daromir Rudnyckyj,Filippo Osella Pdf

This book focuses on how neoliberal market practices engender new forms of religiosity, and how religiosity shapes economic actions.

Author : Geoffrey Robinson
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2018-07-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781501732188

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The Dark Side of Paradise by Geoffrey Robinson Pdf

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