Solidarity™: Student activism, affective labor, and the fair trade campaign in the United States

Antipode

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 565-583

  Wilson, Bradley R ^a   Curnow, Joe ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Affective labor; Boycott; Buycott; Ethical consumption; Fair Trade; Student activism

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ETHICS; NEGOTIATION PROCESS; SOCIAL MOVEMENT; TRADE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84876342809     PISSN: 00664812     EISSN: 14678330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8330.2012.01051.x     Document Type: Article

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