Protest Politics in the Marketplace : Consumer Activism in the Corporate Age /
This book examines how social media has revolutionized the use and effectiveness of consumer activism. The author emphasizes that consumer activism is a democratizing force that improves political participation, self-governance, and the accountability of corporations and the government. She also inv...
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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Ithaca :
Cornell University Press,
2017.
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Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction : publicizing the private sector
- A consumer revolution? : marketplace activism since the founding
- We are the 99% : contemporary consumer activism
- We are not a mascot : campaigns for social/economic justice
- 600,000 bosses telling me what to do : campaigns for the environment and animal rights
- Stop serving gay chickens : campaigns for gender justice and LGBT rights
- Yes to Jesus Christ, no to JC : campaigns for conservative causes
- Who rules? : corporate power and models of democracy
- Conclusion : throwing stones at Goliath : the democratic implications of consumer activism.