Social Change and Ways of Living: An Introduction

Betsy Blunsdon, Ken Reed, Paul Blyton and Ali Dastmalchian

Chapter 1 in Ways of Living, 2010, pp 1-14 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract An important theme to emerge from our earlier collection, Work-Life Integration (Blyton et al., 2006), was the importance of understanding the experience and impact of work within a broader context than has often been the case hitherto. We were also very aware of a key issue in the work-life debate: the degree to which lifestyles, or ways of living, reflect choices motivated by personal values and preferences rather than economic, social, or cultural constraints. We aim to extend these themes and issues in the present volume and more explicitly to consider the factors that influence individual lifestyles. We do this by exploring aspects of lifestyle and identity before examining societal influences on ways of living, the relevance of social networks and geographic communities for lifestyle choices, and the significance of organisational policies and practices (in conjunction with other institutional actors such as government) for lifestyle outcomes.

Keywords: Lifestyle Choice; Normative Constraint; Preference Theory; Consumer Culture; Individual Lifestyle (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230273993_1

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