Politics, products, and markets : exploring political consumerism past and present /

Politics, products, and markets : exploring political consumerism past and present / edited by Michelle Micheletti, Andreas Follesdal, and Dietlind Stolle. - xxvi, 311 pages : illustrations

Revisions of papers presented at the International Seminar on Political Consumerism held in Stockholm, May-June 2001.".

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword / Introduction / Political Consumerism as Chance and Challenge / Selling Virtue: Political and Economic Contradictions of Green/Ethical Marketing in the United Kingdom / Using Consumer Boycotts to Stimulate Corporate Policy Changes: Marketplace, Media, and Moral Considerations / Political Consumer Action: Some Cautionary Notes from African American History / Tracing the American Roots of the Political Consumerism Movement / Branded Political Communication: Lifestyle Politics, Logo Campaigns, and the Rise of Global Citizenship / The Nike Sweatshop Email: Political Consumerism, Internet, and Culture Jamming / The Industrial Roots of Contemporary Political Consumerism: The Case of the French Standardization Movement / Consumer Responsibility-Taking and Eco-Labeling Schemes in Europe / Legitimizing Political Consumerism: The Case of Forest Certification in North America and Europe / Who Are These Political Consumers Anyway? Survey Evidence from Denmark / Consumption, Risk, and Civic Engagement: Citizens as Risk-Handlers / Why More Women? Issues of Gender and Political Consumerism / Consumers as Political Participants? Shifts in Political Action Repertoires in Western Societies / Conclusion / Michele Micheletti -- Michele Micheletti, Andreas Follesdal and Dietlind Stolle -- Andreas Follesdal -- Paul Kennedy -- Monroe Friedman -- Cheryl Greenberg -- David Vogel -- W. Lance Bennett -- Jonah Peretti and Michele Micheletti -- Franck Cochoy -- Andrew Jordan, Rudiger K. W. Wurzel, Anthony R. Zito and Lars Bruckner -- Benjamin Cashore, Graeme Auld and Deanna Newsom -- Jorgen Goul Andersen and Mette Tobiasen -- Bente Halkier -- Michele Micheletti -- Dietlind Stolle and Marc Hooghe -- Andreas Follesdal, Michele Micheletti and Dietlind Stolle.

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Politics, Practical--Congresses
Political ethics--Congresses
Consumption (Economics)--Political aspects--Congresses
Consumer behavior--Moral and ethical aspects--Congresses

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