First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Introduction: Part One: Theoretical Politics: 1. Populism and Ordinary Culture: Bourdieu's Paradox, Populist Sentiment, 'Culture is Ordinary', 'Between the Grand Old Cause and the Brand New Times' 2. Trajectories of Cultural Populism: 'Unbending the Springs of Action', From Hegemony Theory to the New Revisionism, Questioning Populism: Part Two: Analytical Objects: 3. Youth Culture and Consumption: Analysing Subculture, Studying Resistance, Gendering Youth, Consuming Passions 4. Popular Television: Watching Telly, Soaping Feminism, Child-Minding, Switiching Channels: Part Three: Contemporary Issues: 5. Dilemmas of Culture and Politics: Sun-Setting, Censoring Pornography, Author-Killing 6. Anomie of the People: Living in the (Post?)Modern World, Changing Identities, Writing on the Wall, Conclusion - Critical Renewal