| Respectable Citizens - Shady Practices: The Economic Morality of the Middle Classes Contributor(s): Farrall, Stephen (Author), Karstedt, Susanne (Author) |
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ISBN: 0199595038 ISBN-13: 9780199595037 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $99.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Law | Criminal Procedure - True Crime |
| Dewey: 364.168 |
| LCCN: 2019946535 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.5" W x 8.6" (1.20 lbs) 328 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 of consumption? |