| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 183 pages) |
| Series |
Routledge studies in critical realism
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Routledge studies in critical realism.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Theorising the ethical consumer -- Analysing consumption : toward an integrated approach -- Ethical consumption and critical realism -- Ethical consumption as a reflexive life project -- Studying the ethical consumer -- Studying consumption : a realist approach -- Meeting the ethical consumers -- Becoming an ethical consumer : moral concerns, emotional commentaries, and reflexive deliberations -- Being an ethical consumer : exercising moral agency in the contexts of objective reality -- The inner self in the outer world: the social life of an ethical consumer -- Conclusion -- Index. |
| Summary |
This book engages with the topic of ethical consumption and applies a critical-realist approach to explore the process of becoming and being an ethical consumer. By integrating Margaret Archer's theory of identity formation and Christian Coff's work on food ethics, it develops a theoretical account explicating the generative mechanism that gives rise to ethical consumer practices and identities. The second part of the book presents the findings from a qualitative study with self-perceived ethical food consumers to demonstrate the fit between the proposed theoretical mechanism and the actual experiences of ethically committed consumers. Through integrating agency-focused and socio-centric perspectives on consumer behaviour, the book develops a more comprehensive and balanced approach to conceptualising and studying consumption processes and phenomena. -- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Consumption (Economics) -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Consumption (Economics) -- Social aspects.
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Consumer behavior -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Consumers -- Attitudes.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Business Ethics. |
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Consumer behavior -- Moral and ethical aspects |
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Consumers -- Attitudes |
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Consumption (Economics) -- Moral and ethical aspects |
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Consumption (Economics) -- Social aspects |
| Other Form: |
Print version : 9781138895539 |
| ISBN |
9781315179476 (electronic book) |
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1315179474 (electronic book) |
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9781351716451 (electronic book) |
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135171645X (electronic book) |
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9781351716468 |
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1351716468 |
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9781351716444 |
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1351716441 |
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9781138895539 (hardcover) |
| Standard No. |
10.4324/9781315179476 |
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