Excess: Anti-Consumerism in the West

by Kim Humphery

Book Overview

This timely and original new book provides a comprehensive overview and analysis of the 'new politics of consumption'; a politics embodied in movements such as simple living, slow food and fair trade. The book offers an examination of anti-consumerism at a time when the idea of 'consumer excess' is being re-framed by global recession.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745645410
• ISBN13: 9780745645414
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.2"