The political economy of consumer behaviour : contesting consumption /
Pietrykowski, Bruce.
The political economy of consumer behaviour : contesting consumption / Bruce Pietrykowski. - London ; New York : Routledge, 2009. - x, 195 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Routledge advances in social economics ; 12 .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [160]-183) and index.
1. Consumption matters. -- 2. Economic knowledge: boundary-keeping and border crossing. -- 3. Economic knowledge and consumer behavior: home economics and feminist analysis. -- 4. Psychology ad economics: Max Wertheimer, Gestalt theory and George Katona. -- 5. Fordism and the social relations for consumption. -- 6. Green consumption and user culture: the case of the Toyota Prius. -- 7. Slow Food: the politics and pleasure of consumption. -- 8. Consuming with alternative currency. -- 9. Consuming for social change: ethical and political consumption.
9780415773126 (hc) 0415773121
2008034696
Consumer behavior.
Consumption (Economics)--Social aspects.
Sex role--Economic aspects.
Social structure--Economic aspects.
Social values.
HF5415.32 / .P568 2009
658.8/342
The political economy of consumer behaviour : contesting consumption / Bruce Pietrykowski. - London ; New York : Routledge, 2009. - x, 195 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Routledge advances in social economics ; 12 .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [160]-183) and index.
1. Consumption matters. -- 2. Economic knowledge: boundary-keeping and border crossing. -- 3. Economic knowledge and consumer behavior: home economics and feminist analysis. -- 4. Psychology ad economics: Max Wertheimer, Gestalt theory and George Katona. -- 5. Fordism and the social relations for consumption. -- 6. Green consumption and user culture: the case of the Toyota Prius. -- 7. Slow Food: the politics and pleasure of consumption. -- 8. Consuming with alternative currency. -- 9. Consuming for social change: ethical and political consumption.
9780415773126 (hc) 0415773121
2008034696
Consumer behavior.
Consumption (Economics)--Social aspects.
Sex role--Economic aspects.
Social structure--Economic aspects.
Social values.
HF5415.32 / .P568 2009
658.8/342