| Record Type: |
Electronic resources
: monographic
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| Title Information: |
political consumerism and cultural citizenship |
| Author: |
LekakisEleftheria J., |
| Place of Publication: |
[Basingstoke] |
| Published: |
Palgrave Macmillan; |
| Year of Publication: |
2013 |
| Description: |
1 online resource |
| Series: |
Consumption and public life |
| Subject: |
Consumption (Economics) - Moral and ethical aspects. - |
| Subject: |
Anti-globalization movement. - |
| Subject: |
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Macroeconomics - |
| Subject: |
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Economic Conditions - |
| Online resource: |
http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137282699 |
| Notes: |
Description based on online resource; title from title details screen (Palgrave Connect, viewed Aug. 28, 2013). |
| Summary: |
In a politically uncertain and distrusted world, citizens appear to be seeking political expression in their everyday lives and quite prominently in their consumption practices. In advanced consumer societies, the politics of consumption have come to the centre stage. This book elaborates on the grounded perceptions, practices and problematizations of the equation of political action and market action. It presents the opportunities and hindrances of alternative forms of partaking in civic life by exploring how coffee activism presents a fruitful opportunity for citizens to participate in political life, how cultural citizenship can offer insights into the operation of everyday politics and how neoliberal narratives are framing discourses of coffee activism. The politics behind products can illuminate global tensions and engage citizens in social justice, but at the same time can confine civic action in the marketplace and anesthetise political action. |
| ISBN: |
9781137282699electronic bk. |
| ISBN: |
113728269Xelectronic bk. |
| Content Note: |
1. Understanding Coffee Activism, Ethical Consumption and Political Consumerism 2. A History of Mainstreaming the Fair Trade Market and Movement 3. Politics in the Marketopoly: Cultural Citizenship and Political Consumerism 4. In Politics I Trust: Individualisation and the Politics and Pleasures of the Self 5. A Liquid Politics: Structures and Narratives of Participation in Digital Coffee Activism 6. Digital Media, Space and Politics: Cosmopolitan Citizenship in Coffee Activism 7. A Politics in the Pocket?. |