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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822612203321

Autore

Friedman Monroe

Titolo

Consumer boycotts : effecting change through the marketplace and the media / / Monroe Friedman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Routledge, 1999

ISBN

1-135-96041-0

1-135-96042-9

0-203-90040-5

1-280-31675-6

0-203-90041-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 p.)

Disciplina

381/.3

Soggetti

Consumer behavior

Boycotts

Consumer satisfaction

Consumer complaints

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 (p. [263]-274) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Consumer Boycott Basics; Factors Affecting Boycott Success; Labor Boycotts; Consumer Economic Boycotts; Minority Group Initiatives: African American Boycotts; Boycott Initiatives of Other Minority Groups; Boycotts by Religious Groups; Ecological Boycotts; Consumer ~Buycotts~; Boycott Issues and Tactics in Historical Perspective; The 1966 Consumer Protest as Seen by Its Leaders; Boycott Observations over Time; Notes; References; Permissions; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Monroe Friedman discusses different types of boycotts, from their historical focus on labour and economic concerns, to the more recent inclusion of issues such as minority rights, animal welfare and environmental protection.