The social pedagogy of wall street: Stock trading as political activism?

Journal of Consumer Policy

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 177-199

  Zwick, Detlev ^a   Denegri Knott, Janice ^b   Schroeder, Jonathan E ^c  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consumer empowerment; Consumer resistance; Network society; Personal investing; Qualitative consumer research; Virtual networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547646368     PISSN: 01687034     EISSN: 15730700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10603-007-9037-2     Document Type: Article

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