The troubling equivalence of citizen and consumer

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 608, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 193-204

  Schudson, Michael ^a,b  

^a Department of Communication ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Boycott; Choice; Citizen; Consumer

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750028335     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: 15523349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716206291967     Document Type: Article

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