Complicated Lives

The Malaise of Modernity
1. Auflage 2003
ISBN: 978-0-470-85701-4
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 264 Seiten, Format (B × H): 159 mm x 237 mm, Gewicht: 568 g

Complicated Lives examines the greatest conundrum of the modern world: why, despite being richer, healthier and more empowered than ever before, do we continue to feel threatened, under pressure and stressed? There's no denying that we've never had it so good, yet the stark truth is that levels of happiness are unchanged since the 1950s. Offering strategies and insights for avoiding 'the malaise of modernity' whilst exploiting positive experiences the 21st century has to offer, Michael Willmott and William Nelson take readers on a journey of self-discovery into the realities of life in today's complex, multi-channel world.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Willmott, Michael

Nelson, William

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Literatur für Manager
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction.
1. It's a Complicated Life.

2. The New Individualism.

3. The Routeless Society.

4. Human Capital and the Network Society.

5. New Life Courses, New Challenges.

6. Technology and Complexity.

7. The Choice Explosion.

8. Regendering Life.

9. The Parenting Challenge.

10. The Anxiety Society.

11. Complicated Times.

12. Navigating a Complex World.

Notes.

Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Michael Willmott is co-founder of the Future Foundation, a consumer think-tank that advises organisations on emerging customer needs. He has 25 years experience as a researcher, analyst and forecaster and is a regular writer, presenter and media commentator on social, economic, political and technological change and its implications for business, government and society. His book Citizen Brands, recently published by John Wiley and Sons, deals with the dynamics of the relationship between companies and society and the implications for branding.
William Nelson is Analysis Manager for nVision, the Future Foundation’s online social and consumer trends and forecasting service. In recent years, he has managed research projects for a number of major clients including a three-year programme of research for retail bank Abbey National on the subject of life’s complications. He is Editor of practioner papers for the Journal of Consumer Behaviour.