The punitive consequences of consumer culture

Punishment & Society

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 195-211

  Vaughan, Barry ^a  

^a Institute of Public Administration Ireland   (Ireland)

Author keywords

consumerism; mimetic desire; punitiveness; Ren Girard; scapegoating; sectarian culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993734718     PISSN: 14624745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/14624740222228545     Document Type: Article

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