Return to the ‘Consuming West’: Young People's Perceptions about the Consumerization of Estonia

Young

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 195-215

  Keller, Margit ^a   Vihalemm, Triin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

consumer freedom; consumer goods; consumption; individual distinction; post socialist transition; West

Indexed keywords

EID: 29144431836     PISSN: 11033088     EISSN: 17413222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/11033088030113001     Document Type: Article

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