Prosperity for All : Consumer Activism in an Era of Globalization /

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From the Publisher: The history of consumerism is about much more than just shopping. Ever since the eighteenth century, citizen-consumers have protested against the abuses of the market by boycotting products and promoting fair instead of free trade. In recent decades, consumer activism has respond...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Hilton, Matthew
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2009.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Consumers > Political aspects.
Consumentenbeweging.
Consumptiemaatschappij.
Consumptie.
Verbraucherzufriedenheit
Verbraucherverhalten
Verbraucherschutz
Verbraucherpolitik
Konsumentensouveränität
Globalisierung
Globalization > Political aspects.
Consumption (Economics) > Political aspects.
Consumer protection > Political aspects.
HISTORY > Modern > 20th Century.
Mondialisation > Aspect politique.
Consommateurs > Comportement > Aspect politique.
Consommateurs > Satisfaction > Aspect politique.
Consommateurs > Protection > Aspect politique.
Consumer behavior > Political aspects.
Consumer satisfaction > Political aspects.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : the wealth of access
  • The fear of fortune : the uneasy consumer in an age of affluence
  • Cold war shoppers : consumerism as state project
  • Poverty amid prosperity : consumer protest beyond the affluent west
  • Consumers of the world unite : consumption and the new global order
  • The all-consuming network : the politics of protest in an age of consumption
  • Backlash : the corporate critique of consumerism
  • Choose life : consumer rights versus human rights
  • Shopping for justice : the freedom of free trade
  • Conclusion : the poverty of choice.

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