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Political Consumerism : Global Responsibility in Action.
Political Consumerism captures the creative ways in which consumers and citizens turn to the market as their arena for politics.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; 1 Reconfiguring Political Responsibility; Introduction; Limits of and Challenges to the Traditional Model of Political Responsibility; Reconfiguring Political Responsibility; Corporations as Targets for Political Responsibility-Taking; The Role of the Choice Mechanism in Solving Political Problems; The Reconfiguration of Citizenship Practice; Character and Outline of the Book; 2 Reconfiguring Political Participation; The Rise of Individualized Political Responsibility-Taking; Political Participation in the Globalized World.
- Individual Citizens and Political Responsibility-TakingFrom Citizen to Citizen-Consumer; Skepticism about Political Consumerism as Political Participation; Rise of Market-Based Political Action; Political Action Transformed?; 3 Who Are Political Consumers?; Introduction; Addressing Important Debates in the Empirical Study of Political Consumerism; Socioeconomic Predictors and Inequality of Political Consumerism; Political Attitudes, Values, and Practices of Political Consumers; 1) Political Attitudes and Practices of Political Consumers; 2) Motivations for Political Shopping.
- 3) Norms of CitizenshipSociodemographic Profile of Political Consumers; Engendered Shopping; Women and Shopping: A Historical Look; Todays Women and Shopping; Political Consumers' Political Attitudes, Norms, and Behaviors; 1) Political Attitudes and Behaviors of Political Consumers; 2) Considerations Behind Shopping Choices; 3) Citizenship Norms and Efficacy; Conclusion; 4 Mapping Political Consumerism in Western Democracies; Introduction; National Variations in Political Consumerism; Explaining Weak and Strong Political Consumerism; 1) Socioeconomic Resources and Postmodernization.
- 2) Economic Openness3) Price Premiums; 4) Political Consumer Infrastructure; 5) Political and Institutional Factors; 6) Social Capital; 7) Religion; Political Consumers across Countries; Appendix; All Variables; The Cross-National Spread of Political Consumerism; Consumption and Market Share of Labeled Products; Socioeconomic Resources and Postmodernization; Economic Openness; Price Premiums; The International Spread of Market-Based Labeling Schemes; Political Consumer Infrastructure; Political and Institutional Factors; Social Capital; Religion.
- 5 The Organizational Setting for Political ConsumerismIntroduction; Labeling Schemes for Political Consumer Choice; Organic Food Activism and Labeling Schemes for Agricultural Production; Fairtrade Labels for Global Social Justice; Eco-Labeling for Environmental Consumer Choice; Labeling Schemes for Forest and Marine Stewardship Certification; Anti-Sweatshop Political Consumer Activism; Socially Responsible Investing to Push for Corporate Social Responsibility; Organizational Setting for Farm Animal Activism; Lifestyle Political Consumerism; Common Developments and Trends.