Discursive Confusion over Sustainable Consumption: A Discursive Perspective on the Perplexity of Marketplace Knowledge

Journal of Consumer Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 105-125

  Markkula, Annu ^a   Moisander, Johanna ^a  

^a HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

Discursive struggle; Environmental knowledge; Ethical consumption; Sustainable consumption; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857438345     PISSN: 01687034     EISSN: 15730700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10603-011-9184-3     Document Type: Article

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