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The political economy of consumer behaviour : contesting consumption / Bruce Pietrykowski.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Routledge advances in social economics ; 12Publication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 2009.Description: x, 195 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780415773126 (hc)
  • 0415773121
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 658.8/342 22
LOC classification:
  • HF5415.32 .P568 2009
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Contents:
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.
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Item type Current library Home library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Barcode
Books Books Main Campus Library University of Eastern Africa, Baraton Main Stack HF5415.32.P568 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) C.1 Available 80200
Books Books Main Campus Library University of Eastern Africa, Baraton Main Stack HF5415.32.P568 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) C.2 Available 80201
Books Books Main Campus Library University of Eastern Africa, Baraton Main Stack HF5415.32.P568 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) C.3 Available 80202

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.

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