Culture and Economy After the Cultural Turn

I joined the University of Kent in 1998. Before that I was in the Department of Sociology at Lancaster University. In 1996, I was visiting scholar, Victoria University Wellington, New Zealand. At Kent I was Head of the Department of Sociology and then SSPSSR between 1999-2001, and Sub-Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences between 2009-11. I am currently Director of Research for SSPSSR. Andrew Sayer is Professor of Social Theory and Political Economy at Lancaster University.

Introduction - Larry Ray and Andrew Sayer Social Justice in the Age of Identity Politics - Nancy Fraser Redistribution, Recognition and Participation Valuing Culture and Economy - Andrew Sayer Economy, Equality and Recognition - John O'Neill Market Boundaries and the Commodification of Culture - Russell Keat Reconciling Culture and Economy - Harriet Bradley and Steve Fenton Ways Forward in the Analysis of Gender and Ethnicity Capitalism's Cultural Turn - Nigel Thrift Changing the People - Paul Thompson and Patricia Findlay Social Engineering in the Contemporary Workplace Social Differentiation, Transgression and the Politics of Irony - Larry Ray Performing Politics - Bronislaw Szerszynski The Dramatics of Environmental Protest The Culture Did It - Mary Evans Comments on the 1997 British General Election New Labour - Stephen Driver and Luke Martell Culture and Economy