Retail and the Artifice of Social Change

Steven Miles

Nov 2015 · Routledge

About this ebook

• The book fills a gap in the market. Whilst building upon Routledge's ongoing contribution to debates around consumption it would constitute the only sociologically informed treatment of retail change currently available.
• It will incorporate a series of case studies, with a particular eye on the student market, bringing key issues into focus.
• The book is intentionally cross-disicplinary and will appeal to students and scholars in geography, cultural studies, sociology, marketing and business studies.
• The book is designed to not only critically consider the current state of retail and its broader implications, but it will also consider where such developments might take us in the future.
• As the Editor of the Journal of Consumer Culture (currently the number one rated journal in Cultural Studies and sixth in Sociology worldwide) the author is an authority in the field and he is experienced in producing books that explain complex issues in accessible ways.

About the author

Steven Miles is Professor of Sociology at Manchester Metropolitan University. He is the author of Consumerism as a Way of Life (1998, Sage), Youth Lifestyles in a Changing World (2000) (OUP), Social Theory in the Real World (2002, Sage) and, Spaces for Consumption: Pleasure and Placelessness in the Post-Industrial City (2010, Sage). Steven is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Consumer Culture.