Prosperity for all [electronic resource] : consumer activism in an era of globalization / Matthew Hilton.
By: Hilton, Matthew.
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BookPublisher: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2009Description: xi, 315 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.Subject(s): Consumer protection -- Political aspects | Consumption (Economics) -- Political aspects | Consumer satisfaction -- Political aspects | Consumer behavior -- Political aspects | Globalization -- Political aspectsGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 381.3/4 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-305) and index.
Introduction : the wealth of access -- The fear of fortune : the uneasy consumer in an age of affluence -- Cold war shoppers : consumerism as state project -- Poverty amid prosperity : consumer protest beyond the affluent west -- Consumers of the world unite : consumption and the new global order -- The all-consuming network : the politics of protest in an age of consumption -- Backlash : the corporate critique of consumerism -- Choose life : consumer rights versus human rights -- Shopping for justice : the freedom of free trade -- Conclusion : the poverty of choice.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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