Bruce Pietrykowski

The Political Economy of Consumer Behavior (eBook, ePUB)

Contesting Consumption

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book applys insights from the fields of feminist, heterodox and behavioral economics to a study of consumption, focusing on its construction as a learned activity and a lifestyle choice.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Mai 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135978686
• Artikelnr.: 38243463

Autorenporträt

Bruce Pietrykowski is currently Professor of Economics and Director of Urban and Regional Studies at the University of Michigan-Dearborn where he teaches courses in urban and regional studies, labour relations, and economic geography

Inhaltsangabe

1. Consumption Matters 2. Economic Knowledge: Boundary-Keeping and Border
Crossing 3. Economic Knowledge and Consumer Behavior: Home Economics and
Feminist Analysis 4. Psychology And Economics: Max Wertheimer, Gestalt
Theory and George Katona 5. Fordism and the Social Relations Of 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. References