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James G. Carrier (Ed.) - Ethical Consumption: Social Value and Economic Practice - 9781782386766 - V9781782386766
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Ethical Consumption: Social Value and Economic Practice

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Description for Ethical Consumption: Social Value and Economic Practice Paperback. Increasingly, consumers in North America and Europe see their purchasing as a way to express to the commercial world their concerns about trade justice, the environment and similar issues. This ethical consumption has attracted growing attention in the press and among academics. Editor(s): Carrier, James G.; Luetchford, Peter. Num Pages: 246 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFT; JFM; KCLT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 167 x 15. Weight in Grams: 356.
Increasingly, consumers in North America and Europe see their purchasing as a way to express to the commercial world their concerns about trade justice, the environment and similar issues. This ethical consumption has attracted growing attention in the press and among academics. Extending beyond the growing body of scholarly work on the topic in several ways, this volume focuses primarily on consumers rather than producers and commodity chains. It presents cases from a variety of European countries and is concerned with a wide range of objects and types of ethical consumption, not simply the usual tropical foodstuffs, trade justice and ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
356 g
Number of Pages
246
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781782386766
SKU
V9781782386766
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Ref
99-15

About James G. Carrier (Ed.)
James G. Carrier is a Hon. Research Associate at Oxford Brookes University and Adjunct Professor of Anthropology at the University of Indiana. He has taught anthropology and sociology, and carried out research, in Papua New Guinea, the United States and the United Kingdom, as well as studying environmental conservation in Jamaica. His publications include Gifts and Commodities (Routledge 1995), Meanings ... Read more

Reviews for Ethical Consumption: Social Value and Economic Practice
All of the case studies [presented] here are remarkable in terms of their analysis and ethnographic richness, providing a wonderfully nuanced picture of ethical consumption.
American Ethnologist This is a great volume that - brings together a very good set of chapters that consider ethical consumption in a broad and therefore most stimulating manner. ... Read more

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