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Record Nr.

UNINA9910140872703321

Autore

Barnett Clive

Titolo

Globalizing responsibility : the political rationalities of ethical consumption / / Clive Barnett ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex ; ; Malden, MA, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011

ISBN

9786612914225

9781282914223

1282914227

9781444390216

144439021X

9781444390223

1444390228

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (247 p.)

Collana

RGS-IBG book series

Classificazione

SCI030000

Altri autori (Persone)

BarnettClive

Disciplina

174

Soggetti

Consumption (Economics) - Moral and ethical aspects

Social justice

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Globalizing Responsibility; Contents; Series Editors' Preface; Preface and Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: Politicizing Consumption in an Unequal World; 1.1 The Moralization of Consumption; 1.2 Justice, Responsibility and the Politics of Consumption; 1.3 Relocating Agency in Ethical Consumption; 1.4 Problematizing Consumption; Part One Theorizing Consumption Differently; 2 The Ethical Problematization of 'The Consumer'; 3 Practising Consumption; 4 Problematizing Consumption; Part Two Doing Consumption Differently; 5 Grammars of Responsibility; 6 Local Networks of Global Feeling

7 Fairtrade Urbanism8 Conclusion: Doing Politics in an Ethical Register; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Globalizing Responsibility: The Political Rationalities of Ethical Consumption presents an innovative reinterpretation of the forces that have shaped the remarkable growth of ethical consumption. Develops a theoretically informed new approach to shape our understanding of the pragmatic nature of ethical action in consumption processesProvides



empirical research on everyday consumers, social networks, and campaignsFills a gap in research on the topic with its distinctive focus on fair trade consumptionLocates ethical consumption within a range of social