Voluntary simplifiers as political consumers: Individuals practicing politics through reduced consumption

Journal of Consumer Culture

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 199-217

  Zamwel, Einat ^a   Sasson Levy, Orna ^a   Ben Porat, Guy ^b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Personalized politics; Political consumption; Subpolitics; Voluntary simplicity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905823932     PISSN: 14695405     EISSN: 17412900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1469540514526277     Document Type: Article

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