Politics, Products, and Markets: Exploring Political Consumerism Past and PresentMichele Micheletti, Andreas F2llesdal, Dietlind Stolle Transaction Publishers, 2004 - 311 pagine In contemporary life, the marketplace has emerged as an important arena for the practice of politics. Concerns about personal and family well-being as well as ethical or political assessment of favorable and unfavorable business and government practices become part and parcel of the marketplace of politics. This volume describes this phenomenon as political consumerism, reflecting an understanding of politics as a product embedded in a complex social and normative context. |
Sommario
Political Consumerism as Chance and Challenge | 3 |
Political and Economic Contradictions | 21 |
Using Consumer Boycotts to Stimulate Corporate | 45 |
Some Cautionary Notes | 63 |
Tracing the American Roots of the Political | 83 |
Lifestyle Politics | 101 |
Political Consumerism | 127 |
The Industrial Roots of Contemporary Political | 145 |
Consumer ResponsibilityTaking and EcoLabeling | 161 |
The Case of Forest | 181 |
Who Are These Political Consumers Anyway? | 203 |
Why More Women? | 245 |
Consumers as Political Participants? | 265 |
Conclusion | 289 |
Contributors | 301 |
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