Downshifting Consumer = Upshifting Citizen? An Examination of a Local Freecycle Community

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 611, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 141-156

  Nelson, Michelle R ^a   Rademacher, Mark A ^b   Paek, Hye Jin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Civic engagement; Downshifting; Materialism; Political consumption; Web community

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247626790     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: 15523349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716206298727     Document Type: Article

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