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Consumer Culture and the 2011 ‘Riots’

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This paper argues that in order to be properly comprehended, the ‘riots’ of August 2011 must be located in the context of an increasingly consumerist society. The suggestion is that the riots represented conformity to the underlying values of a consumerist society, if, momentarily, not its norms. To make this case, the riots are divided into three constituent ‘moments’; the initial, the acquisitive and the nihilistic. Themes and ideas from the literature on consumer culture and crime are applied to the latter two.

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  • David Moxon, 2011. "Consumer Culture and the 2011 ‘Riots’," Sociological Research Online, , vol. 16(4), pages 183-187, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:socres:v:16:y:2011:i:4:p:183-187
    DOI: 10.5153/sro.2539
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