Reviewers' comments on the first edition: 'Zygmunt Bauman presents a cogently argued and compelling thesis...an important book from a distinguished scholar, that adds a new dimension to the poverty debate' - "British Journal of Sociology". 'It will be of great interest and value to students, teachers and researchers in sociology and social policy! [Bauman] provides a very force...(展开全部)

窮人總是與我們相隨，但是怎樣才算貧窮，卻取決於和「他們」所相隨的「我們」是何種人物。在滿是生產者與普遍就業的社會裡，貧窮是一回事；在生涯規劃以消費選擇為中心，而非集中於勞動、專業技能或工作的社會裡，貧窮又是另一回事。 本書首先回顧工作倫理的起源，再探討從「生產者社會」到「消費者社會」的這項轉變，及其對福利國家組織的影響。接著檢視這對窮人造成的後果為何，最後則考察了窮人與貧窮可能的未來，以及賦予工作倫理新意的可能性，使之更為符合已開發社會的現狀。

威廉•朱利叶斯•威尔逊（William Julius Wilson），美国著名社会学家，生于1935年，1966年获得华盛顿州立大学博士学位，1972年至1996年在芝加哥大学任教，后转入哈佛大学，于约翰•F•肯尼迪政府学院任教授，主要研究领域为民权、种族、贫困问题以及社会与城市政策。曾经担任美国社会学协会主席，获得过四十多个荣誉学位，包括耶鲁大学、普林斯顿大学、哥伦比亚大学等校的荣誉博士学位。他也是美国国家科学院院士。1996年，他被《时代》杂志评为美国最有影响力的二十五人之一。1998年获得了美国科学界的最高荣誉“国家科学勋章”。

Wilson, one of our foremost authorities on race and poverty, challenges decades of liberal and conservative pieties to look squarely at the devastating effects that joblessness has had on our urban ghettos. Marshaling a vast array of data and the personal stories of hundreds of men and women, Wilson persuasively argues that problems endemic to America's inner cities--from fathe...(展开全部)

Originally published in 1987, Colin Campbell’s classic treatise on the sociology of consumption has become one of the most widely cited texts in sociology, anthropology, cultural studies, and the history of ideas. In the thirty years since its publication, The Romantic Ethic and the Spirit of Modern Consumerism has lost none of its impact. If anything, the growing commodificati...(展开全部)

Roughly 260 million workers in China have participated in a mass migration of peasants moving into the cities, and construction workers account for almost half of them. In Building China, Sarah Swider draws on her research in Beijing, Guangzhou, and Shanghai between 2004 and 2012, including living in an enclave, working on construction jobsites, and interviews with eighty-three...(展开全部)

Sarah Swider is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Wayne State University.

What has philosophy to do with the poor? If, as has often been supposed, the poor have no time for philosophy, then why have philosophers always made time for them? Why is the history of philosophy - from Plato to Karl Marx to Jean Paul Sartre to Pierre Bourdieu - the history of so many figures of the poor: plebes, men of iron, the demos, artisans, common people, proletarians, ...(展开全部)

This handbook will help team members and leaders maintain the highest level of social and emotional intelligence by making them more aware of their own needs, conflicts, and peculiarities.

為英國約克大學社會學教授，除了消費社會學，亦多有著述針對宗教社會學與社會學理論進行探討。其著作包括《非宗教社會學》（Toward A Sociology of Irreligion）（Macmillan, 1971）、《社會行為的迷思》（The Myth of Social Action）（Cambridge University Press, 1996）、《血拼經驗》（The Shopping Experience）（Sage, 1997：與帕西‧福克（Pasi Falk）同為編者）等等。其他以消費為主題之書目資訊，詳見本書附錄。