| Description |
1 online resource (235 pages) |
| Series |
Routledge Studies in Critical Marketing |
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Routledge studies in critical marketing.
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| Contents |
Cover ; Half Title ; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Table of Contents ; List of illustrations ; List of contributors ; Acknowledgement; 1. Introduction ; Language matters; Relationship matters; Context matters; References; Part I: Mapping the domain of consumer vulnerability ; 2. Consumer vulnerability: foundations, phenomena, and future investigations ; Approaches to vulnerability analysis; Future research on vulnerability; Concluding remarks; References; 3. An inclusive approach to consumer vulnerability: exploring the contributions of intersectionality ; Introduction |
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A brief overview of the intersectionality paradigmAnalyzing consumer vulnerability through an intersectional lens; Recommendations and conclusion; Notes; References; 4. A story of The Uncondemned: seeking justice and empowerment in marketed representations of vulnerability ; Letters and words: testimonies and interviews of victims; Representation and vulnerability; Creation and consumption: documentaries; Truth, knowledge, and representation; Development of The Uncondemned ; Justice and dialogue; Conclusion; References; 5. Asking for trouble: reflections on researching bereaved consumers |
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Vulnerability and sensitivityBeneficence and respect; Rapport, reciprocity, and self-disclosure; References; 6. Consumer vulnerability is market failure ; Introduction; Vulnerable groups and 'the rest' ; Market failure; The poverty premium; Regulators; Companies; Civil society; Government; Consumers; Conclusion; Notes; References; Part II: Consumer vulnerability and key life stages ; 7. Children as vulnerable consumers ; Introduction; Watching, wanting and well-being; Conclusion; Areas for further research; References; 8. Consuming childhood grief ; Introduction; Childhood grief |
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Consumption and consumer culture in a grieving toddler's lifeExperiencing grief; Expressing grief; Escaping grief; Sharing grief; Continuing bonds; Conclusions; Acknowledgement; References; 9. An adolescent-centric approach to consumer vulnerability: new implications for public policy ; Introduction; Youth consumer vulnerability in the literature; Exploring adolescent consumer vulnerability through an ethnographic approach; The meanings of consumer vulnerability from an adolescent perspective; Public policy implications; Conclusion; References |
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10. Care leavers' transitions to adulthood: challenges to self in adapting to new consumer roles Introduction; Life transitions: changing social roles and self identity; Transition to adulthood; Research method; Findings; Discussion and conclusion; Note; References; 11. Older people: citizens in a consumer society ; Introduction; Older people in society; The interplay of perceptions of older people as vulnerable and as consumers; Older people interacting with service providers: what do we call them?; The mechanics of participation; A continuing dialogue; References |
| Summary |
Consumer vulnerability is of growing importance as a research topic for those exploring wellbeing. This book provides space to critically engage with the conditions, contexts and characteristics of consumer vulnerability, which affect how people experience and respond to the marketplace and vice versa |
| Notes |
Part III: Consumer vulnerability, health and wellbeing |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Consumers.
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Consumer behavior.
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Consumption (Economics)
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Consumer behavior
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Consumers
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Consumption (Economics)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Dunnett, Susan
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Piacentini, Maria
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| ISBN |
9780203797792 |
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0203797795 |
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