Barnett, Clive
Globalizing Responsibility: The Political Rationalities of Ethical Consumption
Globalizing Responsibility: The Political Rationalities of Ethical Consumption presents an innovative reinterpretation of the forces that have shaped the remarkable growth of ethical consumption.
- Develops a theoretically informed new approach to shape our understanding of the pragmatic nature of ethical action in consumption processes
- Provides empirical research on everyday consumers, social networks, and campaigns
- Fills a gap in research on the topic with its distinctive focus on fair trade consumption
- Locates ethical consumption within a range of social theoretical debates -on neoliberalism, governmentality, and globalisation
- Challenges the moralism of much of the analysis of ethical consumption, which sees it as a retreat from proper citizenly politics and an expression of individualised consumerism
Nyckelord: Ethical, consumption processes, neoliberalism, governmentality, globalization, fair trade, Human Geography, Human Geography
- Författare
- Barnett, Clive
- Clarke, Nick
- Cloke, Paul
- Malpass, Alice
- Utgivare
- John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
- Utgivningsår
- 2011
- Språk
- en
- Utgåva
- 1
- Serie
- RGS-IBG Book Series
- Sidantal
- 248 sidor
- Kategori
- Naturvetenskaper
- Format
- E-bok
- eISBN (ePUB)
- 9781444390230
- Tryckt ISBN
- 9781405145572