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Shopping for Change: Consumer Activism and the Possibilities of Purchasing Power
Louis Hyman
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Description for Shopping for Change: Consumer Activism and the Possibilities of Purchasing Power
Paperback. Editor(s): Hyman, Louis; Tohill, Joseph. Num Pages: 392 pages, 11, 11 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: JFFT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Consuming with a conscience is one of the fastest growing forms of political participation worldwide. Every day we make decisions about how to spend our money and, for the socially conscious, these decisions matter. Political consumers buy green for the environment or they buy pink to combat breast cancer. They boycott Taco Bell to support migrant workers or Burger King to save the rainforest. But can we overcome the limitations of consumer identity, the conservative pull of consumer choice, co-optation by corporate marketers, and other pitfalls of consumer activism in order to marshal the possibilities ... Read more
Consuming with a conscience is one of the fastest growing forms of political participation worldwide. Every day we make decisions about how to spend our money and, for the socially conscious, these decisions matter. Political consumers buy green for the environment or they buy pink to combat breast cancer. They boycott Taco Bell to support migrant workers or Burger King to save the rainforest. But can we overcome the limitations of consumer identity, the conservative pull of consumer choice, co-optation by corporate marketers, and other pitfalls of consumer activism in order to marshal the possibilities ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
392
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781501709258
SKU
V9781501709258
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1
About Louis Hyman
Louis Hyman is an Associate Professor of History at the ILR School of Cornell University, the cofounder of Cornell's History of Capitalism Initiative, and the incoming director of ILR's Institute for Workplace Studies in New York City. He is the author of Debtor Nation: The History of America in Red Ink and Borrow: The American Way of Debt. Joseph Tohill ... Read more
Reviews for Shopping for Change: Consumer Activism and the Possibilities of Purchasing Power
Shopping for Change is a compelling call to harness the full potential of the consumer marketplace to create a more equitable, democratic society.
Lizabeth Cohen, author of A Consumers' Republic This book could not be more timely. Smarter, more active, and more restrained buying is what is called fo. Shopping for Change provides an outstandingly detailed guide ... Read more
Lizabeth Cohen, author of A Consumers' Republic This book could not be more timely. Smarter, more active, and more restrained buying is what is called fo. Shopping for Change provides an outstandingly detailed guide ... Read more