Consumption and the Globalization Project
Author | : E. Comor |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 225 |
Release | : 2008-05-29 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780230582996 |
ISBN-13 | : 0230582990 |
Rating | : 4/5 (990 Downloads) |
Download or read book Consumption and the Globalization Project written by E. Comor and published by Springer. This book was released on 2008-05-29 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines commodity consumption both as an ongoing problem for capital and a complex mediator of the post-Cold War political economy. Comor assesses consumption as a core but contradictory nodal point in contemporary world (dis)order developments arguing that capitalist consumption facilitates efforts to rule through consent.