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E-BooksThe Modernity Bluff Crime, Consumption, and Citizenship in Côte d'Ivoire



The Modernity Bluff Crime, Consumption, and Citizenship in Côte d'Ivoire
Free Download The Modernity Bluff: Crime, Consumption, and Citizenship in Côte d'Ivoire By Sasha Newell
2012 | 319 Pages | ISBN: 0226575195 | PDF | 2 MB
In Côte d'Ivoire, appearing modern is so important for success that many young men deplete their already meager resources to project an illusion of wealth in a fantastic display of Western imitation, spending far more than they can afford on brand name clothing, accessories, technology, and a robust nightlife. Such imitation, however, is not primarily meant to deceive-rather, as Sasha Newell argues inThe Modernity Bluff, it is an explicit performance so valued in Côte d'Ivoire it has become a matter of national pride.Called bluffeurs, these young urban men operate in a system of cultural economy where reputation is essential for financial success. That reputation is measured by familiarity with and access to the fashionable and expensive, which leads to a paradoxical state of affairs in which the wasting of wealth is essential to its accumulation. Using the consumption of Western goods to express their cultural mastery over Western taste, Newell argues, bluffeurs engage a global hierarchy that is profoundly modern, one that values performance over authenticity-highlighting the counterfeit nature of modernity itself.



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E-BooksHomo Curator Towards the Ethics of Consumption



Homo Curator Towards the Ethics of Consumption
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English | 2024 | ISBN: 3031516990 | 214 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 9 MB
This book explores the under-researched sources of the consumerist culture and the environmental damage it has brought about. The book is an outcome of the symposium on "The Ethics of Consumption" organised and hosted by the Las Casas Institute at the Blackfriars Hall, University of Oxford as part of its Economics as a Moral Science Programme. It takes on two contemporary problems: the human weakness and capacity for wrong-doing, and the failure of modern economic theory to account for the moral character of human behaviour and its implicit encouragement of gluttonous life-styles. In a time when grand political schemes are proposed to revive sustainability of global economy, the authors of the papers collected in this book highlight the need for moral renewal without which the most revolutionary structural reforms are bound to fail at producing the desired outcome. Topics of the book include the meaning and sources of avarice, the attempt to define what is enough, exploration of philosophical and theological perspectives which can serve as building blocks for the ethics of consumption. This makes the book of great interest to a broad readership of economists, social scientists and philosophers.



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E-BooksThe Oxford Handbook of the History of Consumption



The Oxford Handbook of the History of Consumption
Free Download Frank Trentmann, "The Oxford Handbook of the History of Consumption "
English | ISBN: 0199689466 | 2014 | 714 pages | EPUB, PDF | 5 MB + 7 MB
The term 'consumption' covers the desire for goods and services, their acquisition, use, and disposal. The study of consumption has grown enormously in recent years, and it has been the subject of major historiographical debates: did the eighteenth century bring a consumer revolution? Was there a great divergence between East and West? Did the twentieth century see the triumph of global consumerism? Questions of consumption have become defining topics in all branches of history, from gender and labour history to political history and cultural studies.



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E-BooksNews Consumption in Libya A Study of University Students



News Consumption in Libya A Study of University Students
Free Download Mokhtar Elareshi, "News Consumption in Libya: A Study of University Students"
English | ISBN: 1443844519 | 2013 | 180 pages | PDF | 739 KB
This book is a comprehensive investigation into news consumption and news credibility in broad terms. The chief aim is to understand the relationship between university students' consumption of satellite TV news services and their perceptions of news issues. This involves examining students' general news consumption habits and their motives for the choices they make. In the face of competition from well-resourced broadcasters such as Al Jazeera TV, what can local Libyan news services do to retain audience interest and loyalty? Do they need to do anything different? Is there room for local and international news in Libya?. It also explores whether the new satellite TV news services such as Al Jazeera and Al Arabiya have affected young adults' use of local TV news channels. Have local channels been displaced by newer channels and is the use of different channels driven by the same or different news consumption motives? Perceptions of the quality of news provision by these different channels are also examined as a factor that could mediate consumption patterns. The results that emerge from this research indicate that there are distinct variations in news consumption defined in part by news platform (TV versus radio versus newspaper) and in part by type of news providers (local versus international TV). The book reveals that university students seek out news sources they believe to be credible and that local TV news provision is far from reaching the students' standards of credibility. Highly educated participants show an appetite for news that extends far beyond the diet provided by local government-controlled services. In content terms, there may be room in the evolving news landscape for local TV services to occupy a niche market that still has value for the Libyan public. To retain this market, however, quality of delivery will also be crucial.



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E-BooksMallparks Baseball Stadiums and the Culture of Consumption by Michael T Friedman




Mallparks  Baseball Stadiums and the Culture of Consumption by Michael T  Friedman

Mallparks Baseball Stadiums and the Culture of Consumption by Michael T Friedman | 3.81 MB
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Year: 2023




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E-BooksLimits of Consumption



Limits of Consumption
Free Download Gauri Shankar Gupta, "Limits of Consumption"
English | 2018 | ISBN: 1910553948 | EPUB | pages: 252 | 1.6 mb
Degradation of the environment and climate change are the most important challenges facing humanity. For thousands of years humanity lived inharmonious relationship with nature. The industrial revolution marked a major turning point in Earth's ecology and humans' relationship with the environment. Following the Second World War, massive urbanisation (from 30% of global population in 1950 to 56% in 2016), manifold increase in global GDP (from $5.7 trillion in 1950 to $110trillion in 2016), unprecedented growth in population (from 2.6 billion in 1950 to 7.4billion in 2016) and rising energy consumption, have resulted in a quantum leap to human induced activities, particularly since 1950. Today, we are in the midst of a rapid transition to a world where human populations are more crowded, more connected and more consuming, simultaneously co-habiting with unparalleled levels of poverty and hunger. With rapidly increasing consumption, the carrying capacity of the Earth has come under tremendous pressure. Large-scale mining, massive industrialisation, intensive commercial agriculture and destruction of forests have given rise to unprecedented pollution of air, rivers, lakes and oceans, desertification and acidification of soil, decline in bio-diversity, contamination of groundwater aquifers, rise in temperatures and erratic weather patterns. Soil-loss rate exceeds soil-formation rate at least by tenfold. Per capita availability of fresh water has declined by about 70% since 1950 while consumption is up by about 9 times. Air pollution has emerged as the most serious health hazard resulting in over seven million deaths per year. Anthropogenic greenhouse gases are resulting in global warming and climate change, threatening the life support system on planet earth. Despite the plethora of international negotiations, declarations and treaties since the Earth Summit in Rio in 1992, the ground realities continue to deteriorate. The governments, NGOs and environmental experts have successfully converted a simple subject into a most complex matrix. Transition towards sustainability remains a distant dream. Under these circumstances, it would be worthwhile to look at the wisdom of our ancestors who lived in harmony with nature for thousands of years. Based on comprehensive research, this book attempts to bring out the ground realities and the wisdom of our ancestors in a concise and coherent manner to mitigate this serious threat to humanity.



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E-BooksCultural Spaces, Production and Consumption



Cultural Spaces, Production and Consumption
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by Graeme Evans
English | 2024 | ISBN: 1032106832 | 252 Pages | True PDF/epub | 11.8 MB



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E-BooksCollaborative Media Production, Consumption, and Design Interventions



Collaborative Media Production, Consumption, and Design Interventions
Free Download Jonas Lowgren, "Collaborative Media: Production, Consumption, and Design Interventions"
English | ISBN: 0262019760 | 2013 | 208 pages | EPUB | 5 MB
A thorough analysis of contemporary digital media practices, showing how people increasingly not only consume but also produce and even design media.



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E-BooksEnergy Consumption (Business)



Energy Consumption (Business)
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by Trelawny Publishing, Sharifa McFarlane

English | 21 Nov. 2023 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0CNSM81WY | 66 Pages | PNG | 6 MB



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Video TrainingImplement Responsible Consumption And Production Initiatives



Implement Responsible Consumption And Production Initiatives
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Published 11/2023
MP4 | Video: h264, 1920x1080 | Audio: AAC, 44.1 KHz
Language: English | Size: 887.29 MB | Duration: 0h 0m
Strategies To Reduce Waste, Build Sustainable Processes And Set Future Environmental Goals For A Greener Business



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