Citizenship and Consumption

List of Illustrations List of Figures and Tables Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction: K.Soper & F.Trentmann PART 1: RETRIEVAL Civic Choices: Retrieving Perspectives on Rationality, Consumption, and Citizenship; M.Bevir & F.Trentmann Consumption and Politics in Twentieth-Century China; K.Gerth Sartorial Manoeuvres in the Dusk: Blue Jeans in Socialist Hungary; F.Hammer PART 2: TALK AND ACTION Consuming without Paying: Stealing or Campaigning? The Civic Implications of Civil Disobedience around Access to Water; B.Morgan The Banality of Consumption; M.Hilton 'Public Connection' and the Uncertain Norms of Media Consumption; N.Couldry, S.Livingstone & T.Markham The Moral Force of Consumption and Capitalism: Anti-Slavery and Anti-Sweatshop; M.Micheletti PART 3: PROSPECTS Exit Homo Politicus , Enter Homo Consumens ; Z.Bauman Consumer Citizenship in Post-national Constellations?; M.Everson & C.Joerges Sustainability, Well-being and Consumption: The Limits of Hedonic Approaches; J.O'Neill 'Alternative Hedonism' and the Citizen-Consumer; K.Soper Index