| Description |
1 online resource (xxvi, 311 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Political consumerism as chance and challenge / Andreas Follesdal -- Selling virtue : political and economic contradictions of green/ethical marketing in the United Kingdom / Paul Kennedy -- Using consumer boycotts to stimulate corporate policy changes : marketplace, media, and moral considerations / Monroe Friedman -- Political consumer action : some cautionary notes from African American history / Cheryl Greenberg -- Tracing the American roots of the political consumerism movement / David Vogel -- Branded political communication : lifestyle politics, logo campaigns, and the rise of global citizenship / W. Lance Bennett -- The Nike sweatshop email : political consumerism, Internet, and culture jamming / Jonah Peretti (with Michele Micheletti) -- The industrial roots of contemporary political consumerism : the case of the French standardization movement / Franck Cochoy -- Consumer responsibility-taking and eco-labeling schemes in Europe / Andrew Jordan [and others] -- Legitimizing political consumerism : the case of forest certification in North America and Europe / Benjamin Cashore, Graeme Auld, and Deanna Newsom -- Who are these political consumers anyway? Survey evidence from Denmark / Jørgen Goul Andersen and Mette Tobiasen -- Consumption, risk, and civic engagement : citizens as risk-handlers / Bente Halkier -- Why more women? Issues of gender and political consumerism / Michele Micheletti -- Consumers as political participants? Shifts in political action repertoires in western societies / Dietlind Stolle and Marc Hooghe |
| Summary |
A general study of political consumerism, this text asks fundamental questions, including what is new and what is old about the phenomenon. It also discusses the mediating role of political consumerism in the problematic relationship between markets and morality |
| Notes |
Revisions of papers presented at the International Seminar on Political Consumerism held in Stockholm, May-June 2001." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Politics, Practical -- Congresses
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Political ethics -- Congresses
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Consumption (Economics) -- Political aspects -- Congresses
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Consumer behavior -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Congresses
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Elections.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- General.
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Consumer behavior -- Moral and ethical aspects
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Consumption (Economics) -- Political aspects
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Political ethics
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Politics, Practical
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Consumentengedrag.
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Marktmechanisme.
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Activisme.
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Politieke beïnvloeding.
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Politieke ethiek.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Micheletti, Michele
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Føllesdal, Andreas
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Stolle, Dietlind, 1967-
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International Seminar on Political Consumerism (2001 : Stockholm, Sweden)
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| LC no. |
2003053135 |
| ISBN |
9781412831499 |
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1412831490 |
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9781315126937 |
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1315126931 |
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0765802007 |
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9780765802002 |
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