Networks of practices in critical consumption

Journal of Consumer Culture

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 718-760

  Bellotti, Elisa ^a   Mora, Emanuela ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Critical consumption; network analysis; quantitative methods; sociology of practices; survey data

Indexed keywords

EID: 84994113224     PISSN: 14695405     EISSN: 17412900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1469540514536191     Document Type: Article

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