Autopoiesis and the home-confined consumer: The role of personal communities

International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy

Volumn 27, Issue , 2007, Pages 175-188

  Downey, Hilary ^a   Catterall, Miriam ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communities; Consumption; Disadvantaged groups

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249145475     PISSN: 0144333X     EISSN: 17586720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443330710741101     Document Type: Article

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