Voters or consumers [[electronic resource] ] : imagining the contemporary electorate / / edited by Darren Lilleker and Richard Scullion

• Pubblicazione: Newcastle, U.K., : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (249 p.)
• Disciplina: 323.6
• Soggetto topico: Political participation; Political sociology; Political campaigns; Marketing - Political aspects; Consumer behavior - Political aspects; Communication in politics
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: LillekerDarren G ScullionRichard
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: TABLE OF CONTENTS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; UNINTENDED POLITICS OF INVESTING; THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE POLITICAL CONSUMER OR POLITICS; THE IMPACT OF THE MARKET ON THE CHARACTER OF CITIZENSHIP, AND THE CONSEQUENCES OF THIS FOR POLITICAL ENGAGEMENT; BRANDING THE MAYOR; BRAND BLAIR; GEORGE W, THE MARLBORO MAN AND THE MESSIAH; CITIZENS, CONSUMERS AND THE DEMANDS OF MARKET-DRIVEN NEWS; CONSUMING ELECTIONS? AN ANALYSIS OF YOUTH (NON)VOTING BEHAVIOUR; SHIFTING COGNITIVE GEARS; THE LIFEWORLD MODEL; CONCLUSION; CONTRIBUTORS
• Sommario/riassunto: This edited collection seeks to map current thinking and practice in order to assess the extent to which the consumer, as opposed to the voter, should now to be elevated to a central position within our understanding of the relationship between the public and political spheres. The volume will firstly offer an overview of how consumerism has been applied to our understanding of political and voter behaviour so outlining the book's key concepts. The volume then follows a processual approach to...
• Titolo autorizzato: Voters or consumers
• ISBN: 1-4438-1075-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910462605403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II