TY - BOOK AU - Pietrykowski,Bruce TI - The political economy of consumer behaviour: contesting consumption T2 - Routledge advances in social economics SN - 9780415773126 (hc) AV - HF5415.32 .P568 2009 U1 - 658.8/342 22 PY - 2009/// CY - London, New York PB - Routledge KW - Consumer behavior KW - Consumption (Economics) KW - Social aspects KW - Sex role KW - Economic aspects KW - Social structure KW - Social values N1 - 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 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0825/2008034696.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1102/2008034696-b.html ER -