Respectable citizens - shady practices the economic morality of the middle classes / Stephen Farrall, Susanne Karstedt.
| Author/creator | Farrall, Stephen |
| Other author | Karstedt, Susanne. |
| Other author | Oxford University Press. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Publication Info | Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020. |
| Description | xxiv, 302 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Oxford Scholarship Online |
| Subjects |
| Series | Clarendon studies in criminology |
| Summary | Respectable Citizens - Shady Practices seeks to explore a previously neglected aspect of crime in modern society - namely those crimes that are committed by otherwise 'respectable' citizens in the market arena. The book delves into the 'grey zone' where illegal, unfair, unethical and 'shady' practices coalesce: from the retailers who see themselves as victims of customers who take unfair and often illegal advantage of generous offers, to the consumers sold 'useless' insurance and financial packages and 'defrauded' by 'small print' clauses.The authors outline the contours of the contemporary moral economy, driven and shaped by technological innovation as much as new economic policies, and ask, is a 'predatory society' emerging from the central sphere of0consumption? |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-279) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2019946535 |
| ISBN | 0199595038 hardcover |
| ISBN | 9780199595037 hardcover |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |