Consumerism

Challenging the conventional narrative that the European Union suffers from a "e;democratic deficit,"e; Athanasios Psygkas argues that EU mandates have enhanced the democratic accountability of national regulatory agencies.

The global phenomenon of political consumerism is known through such diverse manifestations as corporate boycotts, increased preferences for organic and fairtrade products, and lifestyle choices such as veganism.

A comprehensive review of the techniques and applications of descriptive analysis Sensory evaluation is a scientific discipline used to evoke, measure, analyse and interpret responses to products perceived through the senses of sight, smell, touch, taste and hearing.

Credit and debt appear to be natural, permanent facets of Americans' lives, but a debt-based economy and debt-financed lifestyles are actually recent inventions.

Seventy-six million Baby Boomers are careening toward retirement in the United States.

Social media platforms hold vast amounts of biographical data about our lives.

Reviewers comments on the first editionZygmunt Bauman presents a cogently argued and compelling thesis.

Food trucks announcing "e;halal"e; proliferate in many urban areas but how many non-Muslims know what this means, other than cheap lunch?

Andrew Francis''s Culture and Commerce in Conrad''s Asian Fiction is the first book-length study of commerce in Conrad''s work.

Consumption as a field of cultural studies overlaps with theories of postmodernism, the social construction of self, commodification in late capitalism, and the role of mass media in daily life.

Uniting theoretical work on theology, capitalism and consumerism with a scheme of detailed practical action, 'Buying God' explores how we can wean ourselves off the material and on to the eternal, through prayer, example, and vibrant social action.

A critique of the lifestyles of today's ultra rich bolstered by old-fashioned muckraking, Crass Struggle provides a sharp, original, and often humorous commentary on "e;the bad side of the good life, the underbelly of the potbelly.

Over-consumption is one of the key issues of our time, especially in the Western world.

Consumption as a field of cultural studies overlaps with theories of postmodernism, the social construction of self, commodification in late capitalism, and the role of mass media in daily life.

In an unprecedented phenomenon that swept across Britain at the turn of the nineteenth century, writers, advertisers, and architects began to create and sell images of an authentic cultural realm paradoxically considered outside the marketplace.

Social Opulence and Private Restraint is a study of the place of the consumer and consumption in the political economy of British socialism, from its early-nineteenth-century origins, through 'New Times' Marxism, to the consumer-focused New Labourism and political economies critical of consumerism that can be found in the late-twentieth and early-twenty-first-century Left.

The unqualified victory of consumerism in America was not a foregone conclusion.

Since 1979 the world has witnessed a remarkable cycle of personal insolvency law reform.

En la 'Historia del consumo en la España contemporánea (1973-2020)', Fernando Conde Gutiérrez del Álamo aborda la historia de la sociedad de consumo en España dividida en cuatro grandes etapas: la del consumo de masas entre 1973 y 1985, la de consumos segmentados entre 1985 y la crisis del 1993-1994, la de los consumos glocales financiarizados entre esta crisis y la de las 'subprime' de 2008, y la de los consumos glocales digitalizados entre esta crisis y la emergencia de la pandemia.

In the age of Ikea Hackers and salvagepunks, this book charts the emergence of "e;rugged consumers"e; who creatively misuse, reuse, and repurpose the objects within their environments to suit their idiosyncratic needs and desires.

"e;A crucial intervention to both critical studies of consumption and research into activism.

Reading Augustine presents concise, personal readings of St.

In der Epoche nach dem Boom entstanden neue Formen der politischen Teilhabe; Konsumpraktiken wurden erstmals als eine Form politischen Handelns angesehen und konnten nun dazu dienen, Gestaltungsansprüche auch jenseits nationalstaatlicher und institutioneller Grenzen wirksam werden zu lassen.

*Selected by Emma Watson for her Ultimate Book List*Fashion is political.

Consuming Crisis is a crucial account of how consumer culture capitalized on Coronavirus (COVID-19).

The overall experience of the buying process ultimately determines whether consumers will pay money for a product or service: they weigh what they are purchasing with their responses to the marketing message, the advertising, the sales approach, the website, the interaction with company personnel, and more.

When there are too many choices, there is no choice.

This insightful analysis of the ways in which South Korean economic development strategies have reshaped the country's national identity gives specific attention to the manner in which women, as the primary agents of consumption, have been affected by this transformation.

The epic history of consumption, and the goods that have transformed our lives over the past 600 yearsWhat we consume has become the defining feature of our lives: our economies live or die by spending, we are treated more as consumers than workers, and even public services are presented to us as products in a supermarket.

Consumers, manufacturers, and auto dealers use publicly available auto recall information differently.

In 64 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW NOW FOR THEN, Editor-at-Large for Wired magazine and guru of the digital age Ben Hammersley gives us the essential guide to the things we need to know for life in the 21st century.

Political Consumerism captures the creative ways in which consumers and citizens turn to the market as their arena for politics.

At a time of growing wealth and income inequality in the United States during recent decades, Class and Inequality in the United States examines the nature and sources of social inequality based on class, race, and gender relations throughout the course of U.

REIN MASTERFULLY CAPTURES WHERE [CONSUMERS] HAVE BEEN AND WHERE THEY DREAM OF GOING.

Why do people behave and think the way they do?

Economic downturns and terrorist attacks notwithstanding, America's love affair with luxury continues unabated.

Buying For Business provides a simple but comprehensive guide to purchasing and supply.

Contemporary Approaches Studying Customer Experience in Tourism Research develops approaches and related methods to understand, analyze, and evaluate the tourist consumption experience under its different forms and stages (before, during and after the experience), offering a broader view by integrating the tourist/customer experience in its development while also considering the role of tourism stakeholders.

A ground-breaking exploration of the Chinese elite's consumption of luxury products and their attitudes toward luxury goods.

By any measure, the affluent sector is growing exponentially, and is far more diverse (in terms of ethnicity, education, location, and professional background) than any time in the past.