Political consumerism between individual choice and collective action: Social movements, role mobilization and signalling

International Journal of Consumer Studies

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 405-415

  Holzer, Boris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Political consumerism; Role interference; Role mobilization; Social movements

Indexed keywords

EID: 36649020734     PISSN: 14706423     EISSN: 14706431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1470-6431.2006.00538.x     Document Type: Article

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