Our massive, global system of consumption is broken. Our individual relationship with our stuff is broken. In each of our homes, some stuff is broken. And the strain of rampant consumerism and manufacturing is breaking our planet.
Workers in distant nations who produce the products we buy frequently suffer from accidents, managerial malfeasance, and injustice. Are consumers who bought the products made by these workers in any way morally responsible for those injustices? And what about the far more frequent, less severe injustices, such as the withholding of wages, the ......
Presents a comprehensive survey of the field, including historical reviews and critical sources of information in both core and emerging literature. Broad coverage areas include perspectives on consumer psychology, consumer characteristics and contexts, use of psychology to communicate with consumers, and consumer cognitions and affect.
Workers in distant nations who produce the products we buy frequently suffer from accidents, managerial malfeasance, and injustice. Are consumers who bought the products made by these workers in any way morally responsible for those injustices? And what about the far more frequent, less severe injustices, such as the withholding of wages, the ......
Offering engaging ideas from business, marketing, and economics, this book takes on the challenging task of naming how much is too much in today's consumer-oriented society.
Offering engaging ideas from business, marketing, and economics, this book takes on the challenging task of naming how much is too much in today's consumer-oriented society.
Ranging from black market babies to exploitative sex trade operations to the marketing of race and culture, Rethinking Commodification presents an interdisciplinary collection of writings, including legal theory, case law, and original essays to re-examine the question: To commodify or not to commodify?
Ranging from black market babies to exploitative sex trade operations to the marketing of race and culture, Rethinking Commodification presents an interdisciplinary collection of writings, including legal theory, case law, and original essays to re-examine the question: To commodify or not to commodify?
What is the relationship between gender and consumerism? This collection of readings and archival material explores the many different ways in which women and men consume. Interdisciplinary and cross-cultural, the essays analyze the liberatory and oppressive nature of consumer culture.
What is the relationship between gender and consumerism? This collection of readings and archival material explores the many different ways in which women and men consume. Interdisciplinary and cross-cultural, the essays analyze the liberatory and oppressive nature of consumer culture.
Recognize the con artist before you get taken! This work exposes dozens of telephone, mail, and computer-based scams, explaining how they work and how you can avoid becoming their next victim.
Includes a listing of recommended dietary allowances, a glossary of terms, and a bibliography. This work contains chapters on nutrition basics and a balanced diet, how to evaluate nutrition information, vitamin and mineral supplements, 'health foods' and related products, junk foods and fast foods, and other topics.
