Mobilizing consumers to take responsibility for global social justice

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 611, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 157-175

  Micheletti, Michele ^a   Stolle, Dietlind ^b  

^a KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antisweatshop movement; Effectiveness; Political consumerism; Responsibility taking

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247567018     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: 15523349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716206298712     Document Type: Article

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