Political Virtue and Shopping
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Political Virtue and Shopping

Individuals, Consumerism, and Collective Action

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  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Political Virtue and Shopping

Individuals, Consumerism, and Collective Action

About this book

Political consumerism is turning the market into a site for politics and ethics. It is consumer choice of producers and products on the basis of attitudes and values of personal and family well-being as well as ethical or political assessment of business and government practice. In the face of economic globalization and a regulatory vacuum, consumers increasingly take responsibility in their own hands, making the market an important venue for political action through their decisions of what to purchase. This book opens the readers' eyes to a new way of viewing everyday consumer choices and the role of the market in our lives, illuminating the broader theoretical and historical context of concerns about sweatshops, responsible coffee, and ethical and free trade. Contemporary forms of political consumerism - boycotts, labelling schemes, stewardship certification, socially responsible investing, etc. - are described and evaluated. Individual actions are shown to be important in the complexity of globalization.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Table of Contents
  3. Foreword
  4. Preface
  5. 1 Why Political Consumerism?
  6. 2 History of Political Consumerism
  7. 3 Contemporary Forms and Institutions
  8. 4 A Study of Political Consumerism Today: The Case of Good Environmental Choice in Sweden
  9. 5 Shopping with and for Virtues
  10. Appendix: The Political Business of Consumerism: A New Research Agenda for the Social Sciences
  11. Notes
  12. Bibliography
  13. Index