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relationship between consumption and citizenship
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traditionally separate domains of study - trentmann 07
shopping is the new politics - economist 06 consumption is the acquisition, appreciation and appropriation of goods services and experiences over which the consumer has some measure of control - warde 05 from emergence and increased importance of c p e g has led shopping and politics to be intertwined with consumption at the forefront of political change. |
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consumer activism
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assert consumer rights, it is both a collective and individual response to global problems
characteristics desire for change, values, notion of r and r, collectivist, organisation 4 waves g+l06 coop take control of prod vfm authoritative info naderism transparency alternative political consumers reconstruct consumption on ethical grounds |
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political consumerism
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goal of changing objectionable institutional or market practices -Mich 03
market becomes realm of pol action boy/buy involves consumption but is citizenship (solidarity, responsibility, autonomy) manifestation of individualised collective action prompted by citizens not prefigured by a political system limits: cc eroded democratic pol and replaced w cons driven pol |
