Ambiguous framings of political consumerism: Means or end, product or process orientation?

International Journal of Consumer Studies

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 427-438

  Klintman, Mikael ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Consumer empowerment; Ethical consumer; Food labelling; Framing; Intrinsic value; Organic food; Political consumerism

Indexed keywords

EID: 61049086026     PISSN: 14706423     EISSN: 14706431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1470-6431.2006.00540.x     Document Type: Article

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