The consumer does not exist: Overcoming the citizen/consumer paradox by shifting focus

The Ethics of Consumption: The Citizen, the Market and the Law

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 172-176

  Aerts, S ^a,b  

^a ODISEE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Consumption; Market power

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937629183     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.3920/978-90-8686-784-4_27     Document Type: Chapter

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