Consumer education in the UK: New developments in policy, strategy and implementation

International Journal of Consumer Studies

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 97-107

  Brennan, Carol ^a   Ritters, Katrina ^a  

^a QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Confident consumers; Consumer education partnerships; Consumer education policy; Consumer education strategy; Consumer skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748976296     PISSN: 14706423     EISSN: 14706431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1470-6431.2003.00361.x     Document Type: Article

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