Consumption as voting: An exploration of consumer empowerment

European Journal of Marketing

Volumn 40, Issue 9-10, 2006, Pages 1049-1067

  Shaw, Deirdre ^a   Newholm, Terry ^b   Dickinson, Roger ^c  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer behaviour; Consumption; Ethics

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748955582     PISSN: 03090566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03090560610681005     Document Type: Article

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