{"product_id":"time-consumption-and-the-coordination-dale-southerton-9780230572515","title":"Time, Consumption and the Coordination of Everyday Life","description":"\u003cp\u003eTime pressure, speed and the desire for instant consumption pervade accounts of contemporary lives. Why is it that people feel pressed for time, in what ways have societies changed to create this condition, and with what implications?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book examines critical contentions in the field of time and society, ranging from the emergence and dominance of 'clock time' and time discipline, the time pressures associated with consumer culture, through to technological innovation and the acceleration of everyday lives. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThrough extensive analysis of empirical studies of the changing ways in which people organise and experience home, work, leisure, consumption and personal relationships, time pressure is shown to be a problem of the coordination and synchronization of activities. Appreciation of temporal rhythms - formed and reproduced through the organisation and performance of social practices - is necessary to tackle the challenges of coordination, and offers new avenues for analysing social issues such as sustainable consumption, health and well-being.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book is essential reading for all of those interested in social change, consumption and time, including researchers and students from across the social sciences. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dale Southerton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0230572510\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780230572515\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Palgrave MacMillan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/18\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 226\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.03lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.69d","brand":"Dale Southerton","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44056679579903,"sku":"9780230572515","price":89.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_83434dd3-a524-4f49-b21c-59ac19b97375.jpg?v=1685042660","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/time-consumption-and-the-coordination-dale-southerton-9780230572515","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}