ABSTRACT

The Authority of the Consumer explores the implications of `consumer society' - charting its meanings in particular circumstances and analysing this way of understanding the relationships between `providers' and 'recipients'.

chapter |18 pages

Introduction

part |1 pages

Part One Social change and consumption

part |1 pages

Part Two Consuming culture

chapter 7|18 pages

High art and the high street

chapter 8|16 pages

Planning a culture for the people?

chapter 9|11 pages

The culture of consumption

chapter 10|20 pages

Framing the audience for theatre

part |1 pages

Part Three Consuming public services

chapter 11|17 pages

Citizens, charters and contracts

chapter 12|15 pages

Consuming health and welfare

chapter 13|16 pages

Consuming education

chapter 14|12 pages

Retailing the police