226 index
signals (cont.)
prestige); status and, 174 n 16 (see also
status symbols)
Smith, Adam, 10 , 169 n 35 ; Veblen and,
170 n 38
snob effects, 21 , 22 , 24 , 27
social hierarchy, 2 , 8 , 27 , 28 , 171 n 49
social identity theory, 11 , 12
Sosis, Richard, 15
Soviet Union, 11 , 12 , 43 , 79 – 81 , 147
space programs, 30 , 121 – 52 ; Big Science
and, 32 (see also Big Science); Brazil
and, 177 n 17 ; China and, 42 , 123 – 24 ; Eu-
rope and, 133 ; United States and, 124
Spain, 78
sports, 11 , 12
Stanford School, 47
status symbols, 27 , 35 , 37 ; aircraft carrier
and, 57 ; broadcast efficiency, 46 ; class
and, 44 , 173 n 9 ; class markers and, 44 ;
consumption and, 28 , 44 , 45 (see also
conspicuous consumption); defined,
168 n 16 ; differentiation and, 50 ; diffusion
and, 37 – 42 , 51 ; effectivity of, 46 – 50 ; em-
ulation and, 47 , 50 ; evolution of, 37 – 42 ;
functional role of, 36 – 37 ; index and, 50 ;
international relations and, 4 ; luxury
brands and, 47 ; power indexes and, 46 ;
prestige and, 8 , 168 n 16 , 168 n 19 (see also
prestige); signals and, 174 n 16 ; symbol-
ism and, 35 (see also symbolism); tests
of, 51 , 174 n 16 ; utility and, 35 , 38 , 136
subordination, dominance and, 105 – 9
subsistence economy, 18
Suchman, Mark C., 46 , 47
supercollider, 184 n 11
Suzuki, Shogo, 19 , 112
Sweden, 55 , 96 , 98
symbolism: class and, 172 n 3 (see also class
distinctions); diffusion of, 38 , 39 ; exper-
tise and, 53 ; intrinsic restrictions, 51 ;
rationality and, 35 ; signal and, 37 ; status
and (see status symbols); as third- order
concept, 36 ; trickle- down model, 172 n 3
Tajfel, Henry, 10 , 11
tanks, 34 – 35
taste, 45 , 171 n 49
technology, 57 , 131. See also science; and
specific topics
tennis, 168 n 19
Thailand, 81 – 84 , 157
Theory of the Leisure Class, The ( Veblen),
2 , 153 , 158 , 170. See also Veblenian
theory
Thompson, William, 57 , 63 , 66
Thomson, David, 39
Thucydides, 4
Tilly, Charles, 63
tokenism, 96
towers, 39 – 40
Transits of Venus ( TOVs), 137 – 51 , 184 n 12
trickle- down model, 172 n 3
Turner, John C., 10
turtle hunting, 15 , 169 n 33United States: aircraft carriers and, 58 ,
84 – 86 (see also aircraft carriers); Big
Science and, 128 , 183 n 7 (see also Big
Science); China and, 58 , 84 ; space pro-
grams, 124 ; TOVs and, 143 – 46 ; weapons
and (see weapons). See also specific
topics
UN peacekeeping, 42 , 91 , 99 , 112 , 114 – 17 ,
179 n 2 , 182 n 21
utility: of aid, 180 n 3 ; concept of, 158 ; con-
sumption and, 17 – 19 ; demand curves
and, 20 ; luxuries and, 17 ; pres tige and,
17 (see also prestige); primary/second-
ary, 17 – 19 , 30 , 136 , 159 – 60 ; rationality
and, 158 ; social /material, 159 ; status
symbols and, 35 ; use and, 17 ; Veblen
and, 17 ; vicarious, 93 ; waste and, 17Valavanis, S., 93
Van der Heijden, Eline, 15
Van der Veen, Anne Maurits, 99 , 109 , 111
Vasa tragedy, 55
Veblenian theory, 2 ; behavior theory and,
26 ; class and, 44 , 173 n 10 (see also class
distinctions); conspicuous consumption
and, 3 , 14 , 19 , 25 , 156 (see also conspic-
uous consumption); counter- Veblen ef-
fects, 170 n 41 ; critique of, 170 n 39 ; dif-
ferentiation and, 50 ; emulation and, 50 ;
IDE and, 172 n 6 ; intrinsic restriction
and, 51 ; invidious comparison (see in-
vidious comparison); Mills and, 170 n 39 ;
national security and, 30 , 31 ; pecuniary
emulation (see pecuniary emulation);