1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910780305603321

Autore

Kessides Ioannis Nicolaos

Titolo

Reforming infrastructure : : privatization, regulation, and competition

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC : , : World Bank

[New York, NY.] : , : Oxford University Press, , [2004]

copyright 2004

ISBN

1-280-08466-9

9781417505346

9786610084661

1-4175-0534-6

Descrizione fisica

xv, 306 pages : illustrations ; ; 24 cm

Collana

A World Bank policy research report

Disciplina

363.6

Soggetti

Public utilities

Privatization

Public utilities - Government policy

Infrastructure (Economics)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-306).



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910970483703321

Autore

Bryman Alan

Titolo

The Disneyization of society / / Alan Bryman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Thousand Oaks, Calif., : SAGE, 2004

London ; ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : , : SAGE, , 2004

ISBN

9786610370313

9780761967651

0761967656

9781280370311

1280370319

9781412931519

1412931517

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 199 p.) : ill

Disciplina

306.3

Soggetti

Amusement parks - United States - Sociological aspects

Consumption (Economics) - Social aspects - United States

Globalization

Disneyland (Calif.)

Walt Disney World (Fla.)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-191) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Disneyization -- Theming -- Hybrid consumption -- Merchandising -- Performative labour -- Control and surveillance -- Implications of Disneyization.

Sommario/riassunto

Arguing that the contemporary world is increasingly converging towards the characteristics of the Disney theme parks, i.e. social environments that are driven by combinations of forms of consumption, this text demonstrates the importance of control and surveillance in consumer culture.