- 224 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About This Book
Choice pervades our society: it is founded on political rights to choose and our economy on market choices, but we have now reached the point where choice is extended almost everywhere. This lively and topical book provides a critique of choice in contemporary society and policy, arguing that we can have too much of a good thing. And there are alternatives.In part one, the author shows how choice works at a personal level, its demands, and how it can fail. By examining healthcare, education and pensions, he then explores the alternatives, such as provision.In part two the book reviews the impact of choice through the life cycle, in areas such as careers, relationships fertility, retirement and death. The author considers whether this enhances or burdens our lives, and questions the assumption that more choice is always for the better.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table Of Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part One: Choice and consumerism
- Part Two: Choice and the life cycle
- Part Three: Conclusions
- Notes and sources
- Back Cover