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Author : David A. Aaker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 504 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Consumerism written by David A. Aaker and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David A. Aaker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780029001004
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (1 download)
Download or read book Consumerism written by David A. Aaker and published by . This book was released on 1983-02-01 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David A. Aaker
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0029001501
Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (29 download)
Download or read book Consumerism, 4th Ed. written by David A. Aaker and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1982-02 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The new edition of this highly acclaimed anthology continues to provide the most comprehensive, rigorously balanced survey available of modern consumerism. Written by a wide range of experts, the 42 articles -- half of them new to this edition -- cover today's most important consumer and public policy issues: advertising and the disclosure of consumer information, selling practices, anti-trust issues and competition, product safety, liability, and consumer satisfaction. As in previous editions, the articles are arranged according to the steps in the purchase process. New to this edition are detailed discussions of such current issues as the costs and benefits of government regulation, advertising to children, consumer information systems, and demarketing (encouraging consumers to use less of such products as tobacco and energy). The final section assesses the response of business and industry to consumer pressures.
Author : Peter N. Stearns
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 0415244080
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (152 download)
Download or read book Consumerism in World History written by Peter N. Stearns and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The desire to acquire luxury goods and leisure services is a basic force in modern life. This work explores both the historical origins and world-wide appeal of this relatively modern phenomenon.
Author : Neva R. Goodwin
Publisher : Island Press
ISBN 13 : 1597267902
Total Pages : 423 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (972 download)
Download or read book The Consumer Society written by Neva R. Goodwin and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2013-04-16 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The developed countries, particularly the United States, consume a disproportionate share of the world's resources, yet high and rising levels of consumption do not necessarily lead to greater satisfaction, security, or well-being, even for affluent consumers.The Consumer Society provides brief summaries of the most important and influential writings on the environmental, moral, and social implications of a consumer society and consumer lifestyles. Each section consists of ten to twelve summaries of critical writings in a specific area, with an introductory essay that outlines the state of knowledge in that area and indicates where further research is needed. Sections cover: Scope and Definition Consumption in the Affluent Society Family, Gender, and Socialization The History of Consumerism Foundations of Economic Theories of Consumption Critiques and Alternatives in Economic Theory Perpetuating Consumer Culture: Media, Advertising, and Wants Creation Consumption and the Environment Globalization and Consumer Culture Visions of an Alternative This book is the second volume in the Frontier Issues in Economic Thought series, which provides surveys of the most significant writings in emergent areas of economics -- an invaluable aid in fast-growing fields where genuine new ground is being broken. The series brings together economists, sociologists, psychologists, and philosophers to develop analyses that challenge and enrich the dominant neoclassical paradigm.The Consumer Society is an essential guide to and summary of the literature of consumption and will be of interest to anyone concerned with the deeper economic, social, and ethical implications of consumerism.
Author : Matthew Hilton
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521538534
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (385 download)
Download or read book Consumerism in Twentieth-Century Britain written by Matthew Hilton and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2003-11-13 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first comprehensive history of consumerism as an organised social and political movement. Matthew Hilton offers a groundbreaking account of consumer movements, ideologies and organisations in twentieth-century Britain. He argues that in organisations such as the Co-operative movement and the Consumers' Association individual concern with what and how we spend our wages led to forms of political engagement too often overlooked in existing accounts of twentieth-century history. He explores how the consumer and consumerism came to be regarded by many as a third force in society with the potential to free politics from the perceived stranglehold of the self-interested actions of employers and trade unions. Finally he recovers the visions of countless consumer activists who saw in consumption a genuine force for liberation for women, the working class and new social movements as well as a set of ideas often deliberately excluded from more established political organisations.
Author : Steven Miles
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 9780761952152
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (521 download)
Download or read book Consumerism written by Steven Miles and published by SAGE. This book was released on 1998-08-31 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an introduction to the historical and theoretical foundations of consumerism. It then moves on to examine the experience of consumption in the areas of space and place, technology, fashion, `popular' music and sport. Throughout, the author brings a critical perspective to bear upon the subject, thus providing a reliable and stimulating guide to a complex and many-sided field.
Author : Matthew Hilton
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 0801461634
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (14 download)
Download or read book Prosperity for All written by Matthew Hilton and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2011-05-02 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of consumerism is about much more than just shopping. Ever since the eighteenth century, citizen-consumers have protested against the abuses of the market by boycotting products and promoting fair instead of free trade. In recent decades, consumer activism has responded to the challenges of affluence by helping to guide consumers through an increasingly complex and alien marketplace. In doing so, it has challenged the very meaning of consumer society and tackled some of the key economic, social, and political issues associated with the era of globalization.In Prosperity for All, the first international history of consumer activism, Matthew Hilton shows that modern consumer advocacy reached the peak of its influence in the decades after World War II. Growing out of the product-testing activities of Consumer Reports and its international counterparts (including Which? in the United Kingdom, Que Choisir in France, and Test in Germany), consumerism evolved into a truly global social movement. Consumer unions, NGOs, and individual activists like Ralph Nader emerged in countries around the world—including developing countries in Southeast Asia and Latin America—concerned with creating a more equitable marketplace and articulating a politics of consumption that addressed the needs of both individuals and society as a whole.Consumer activists achieved many victories, from making cars safer to highlighting the dangers of using baby formula instead of breast milk in countries with no access to clean water. The 1980s saw a reversal in the consumer movement's fortunes, thanks in large part to the rise of an antiregulatory agenda both in the United States and internationally. In the process, the definition of consumerism changed, focusing more on choice than on access. As Hilton shows, this change reflects more broadly on the dilemmas we all face as consumers: Do we want more stuff and more prosperity for ourselves, or do we want others less fortunate to be able to enjoy the same opportunities and standard of living that we do?Prosperity for All makes clear that by abandoning a more idealistic vision for consumer society we reduce consumers to little more than shoppers, and we deny the vast majority of the world's population the fruits of affluence.
Author : Wendy Wiedenhoft Murphy
Publisher : SAGE Publications
ISBN 13 : 1483358143
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (833 download)
Download or read book Consumer Culture and Society written by Wendy Wiedenhoft Murphy and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2016-07-27 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Consumer Culture and Society offers an introduction to the study of consumerism and consumption from a sociological perspective. Author Wendy Wiedenhoft Murphy examines what we buy, how and where we consume, the meanings attached to the things we purchase, and the social forces that enable and constrain consumer behavior. Opening chapters provide a theoretical overview and history of consumer society and featured case studies look at mass consumption in familiar contexts, such as tourism, food, and higher education. The book explores ethical and political concerns, including consumer activism, indebtedness, alternative forms of consumption, and dilemmas surrounding the globalization of consumer culture.
Author : Yiannis Gabriel
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1847878326
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (478 download)
Download or read book The Unmanageable Consumer written by Yiannis Gabriel and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2006-04-07 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: `This book was radically challenging when it was first published, and is only more so today as the concept of consumer collapses under the weight of its many meanings' - Madeleine Bunting, Columnist, The Guardian Western-style consumerism appears unstoppable. Yet it is has failed to deliver greater happiness and is now facing major environmental, population and political challenges. This book examines the key Western traditions of thinking about and being a consumer. Each chapter posits a consumer model with examples from the international community. Readers are invited to enter an exciting and radical analysis of contemporary consumerism which suggests that consumerism is fragile and consumers unpredictable. Updated with new material, this Second Edition looks at the impact of new technologies on consumerism and the consolidation of consumerism and 'consumer' language in spheres like education and health. The authors discuss the spread of consumerism to developing countries like India and the effect of demographic change and migration. The fallout from 9/11 and United States military hegemony is examined, as is the influence on consumerism of Islamic fundamentalism, the anti-globalization movement, environmental concerns and depleting natural resources. This book is of interest to advanced undergraduate, postgraduate and MBA students taking courses on behaviour, buyer behaviour, customer behaviour, consumers and society and retailing. Any one interested in better understanding consumerism will also find this book a fascinating read.
Author : Karin M. Ekström
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000182827
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (1 download)
Download or read book Elusive Consumption written by Karin M. Ekström and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-05-27 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the context of rising consumerism and globalization, books on consumption are numerous. These tend to be firmly rooted in particular disciplines, however sociology, anthropology, business or cultural studies and as a result often present a blinkered view. Charged with the mission of unravelling what consumption means and how it operates, the worlds leading experts were flown to a secluded location in Sweden to 'battle it out'. This pioneering book represents the outcome. Ranging from the 'little black dress' to on-line communities, Elusive Consumption challenges our very understanding of consumerism. How successful is the advertising world in manipulating our buying patterns? Does the global marketplace promote cultural homogeneity or heterogeneity? Is the West really more of a 'consumerist civilization' than other countries? Does the advertising of certain products influence a voters choice of political party? How are products associated and marketed to different genders? These controversial topics and many more are discussed. Covering virtually every aspect of the word 'consumerism', Elusive Consumption provides a state-of-the-art view of the highly commercialized society we inhabit today. Some might have it that consumers are unwitting pawns, completely lacking in agency. Others might argue that consumer choices are empowering and subtly shape production. Richard Wilk, Colin Campbell, John F. Sherry, Richard Elliott, Russell Belk, and Daniel Miller who offers the most persuasive argument in this battle royal?
Author : Gary S. Cross
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780231113120
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (131 download)
Download or read book An All-consuming Century written by Gary S. Cross and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The victory of consumerism in America was not a foregone conclusion. The United States has traditionally been home to the most aggressive and thoughtful critics of consumption such as Puritanism and Prohibition. This work offers a history of how market forces came to dominate American life.
Author : David A. Aaker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 478 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Consumerism: Search for the Consumer Interest written by David A. Aaker and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: USA. Compilation of readings on the movement for consumer protection - includes readings on pre-purchasing information available through trade marks, advertising, packaging, etc., marketing and pricing practices, product service and warranties, product development and safety, etc., and includes a section commenting on economic legislation protecting the consumer, with particular reference to discrimination in respect of low income consumers. Bibliography pp. 407 to 425, references and statistical tables.
Author : E. Thomas Garman
Publisher : Thomson South-Western
ISBN 13 : 9780324109399
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (93 download)
Download or read book Consumer Economic Issues in America written by E. Thomas Garman and published by Thomson South-Western. This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Consumer Economic Issues in America empowers consumers with the knowledge to recognize and pursue their moral and legal rights. The book takes a pro-consumer and normative view as it reveals the vested economic interests of businesses, governments, and consumers today. The authors emphasize higher-order thinking using basic economic concepts to analyze consumer issues. Readers gain a strong understanding of the American economic system and the concepts of consumer sovereignty and consumer interest. They become equipped with the evaluative criteria for judging products and services, tools for living, the ability to analyze consumer issues, and an understanding of factors that affect buying decisions. The text examines capitalism and how resources are allocated in the U.S. marketplace. Discussions focus on economic concepts critical to consumer success, consumers in a global economic marketplace, and the details of the government regulating economic and consumer interests. Readers examine the breadth of current consumer interest concerns using a framework for analyzing and resolving issues and developing rational decision-making skills.
Author : Lawrence B. Glickman
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226298663
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (262 download)
Download or read book Buying Power written by Lawrence B. Glickman and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2009-06-10 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A definitive history of consumer activism, Buying Power traces the lineage of this political tradition back to our nation’s founding, revealing that Americans used purchasing power to support causes and punish enemies long before the word boycott even entered our lexicon. Taking the Boston Tea Party as his starting point, Lawrence Glickman argues that the rejection of British imports by revolutionary patriots inaugurated a continuous series of consumer boycotts, campaigns for safe and ethical consumption, and efforts to make goods more broadly accessible. He explores abolitionist-led efforts to eschew slave-made goods, African American consumer campaigns against Jim Crow, a 1930s refusal of silk from fascist Japan, and emerging contemporary movements like slow food. Uncovering previously unknown episodes and analyzing famous events from a fresh perspective, Glickman illuminates moments when consumer activism intersected with political and civil rights movements. He also sheds new light on activists’ relationship with the consumer movement, which gave rise to lobbies like the National Consumers League and Consumers Union as well as ill-fated legislation to create a federal Consumer Protection Agency.
Author : American Council on Consumer Interests
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 912 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Frontier of Research in the Consumer Interest written by American Council on Consumer Interests and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 912 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The following papers are included: "JFK's Four Consumer Rights" (Lampman); "Product Safety" (Gerner); "Use of Cost-Benefit Analysis in Product Safety Regulation" (Crandall); "CPCS's Voluntary Standards" (Ault); "Consumer Safety and Issue Emergence Process" (Mayer); "Reflections on Research in the Consumer Interest" (Nelson); "Concept of Quality" (Curry); "Price Quality Relationship" (Geistfeld); "Environmental Considerations and Assessment of Quality" (Huttenrauch); "Weights, Cardinality, and Scaling in Assessing Quality" (Maynes); "Information Processing from Consumer's Perspective" (Russo); "Overlooked Mechanisms for Conveying Information to Consumers" (Mazis); "Determinants of Information Use" (Olshavsky); "Economics of Information in Consumer Markets" (Ippolito); "Economics of Information" (Ratchford); "Consumer Choice Is More than Search" (Morgan); "An Electronic Future?" (Mitchell); "New Technologies in Consumer Information" (Talarzyck); "Marketing Context of Consumer Choice" (Wilkie); "International Trade" (Dardis); "International Trade and Trade-Offs for Third World Consumers" (Reich); "International Trade" (Allain); "International Trade and Trade-Offs for Third World Consumers" (Kinsey); "Increasing Competition through Deregulation" (Kushman); "Case for Minimizing Regulation" (Clarkson); "Financial Services" (Durkin); "Privatization, Competition and Airline Deregulation" (Mitchell); "Issues in Regulation and Deregulation" (Nelson); "Organization of Consumer Movement" (Herrmann et al.); "Why Consumer Education in Japan?" (Imai); "Consumer Organization and Representation in Developed World" (Sand); "Consumer Organization and Representation in Developing Countries" (Allain); "Consumer Policy and European Economic Community" (Orsini); "Consumer Problems" (Thorelli); "Salient Issues in Current European Consumer Policy Research" (Orlander); "Time for a Wingspread" (Kerton); "Self-Fulfillment, Consumer Policy and Consumer Research" (Scherhorn); "Corporate Consumer Affairs Departments" (Fornell); "Consumer Affairs" (Fernstrom); "Consumer Affairs" (Vawter); "Consumer Affairs Professionals and the Consumer Interest" (McKaig); "Advertising" (Eastwood); "Market Research in the Consumer Interest" (Imowitz); "Marketing Research as a Dialogue" (Levy); "How Can Marketing Research Contribute to Consumer Interest?" (Murphy); "Survey Research on Behalf of Consumer" (Warren); "Consumer Complaints and Redress" (Andreasen); "Consumer Satisfaction/Dissatisfaction and Consumer Interest" (Hunt); "Disappearance of Consumer from Modern Products Liability Law" (Priest); "Role of Secondary Schools" (Green); "Role of Federal Government" (Mohr); "Role of Cooperative Extension" (Turner); and "Content of College-University Course in Consumer Education" (Robinson). (MN)
Author : Lizabeth Cohen
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0375707379
Total Pages : 578 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (757 download)
Download or read book A Consumers' Republic written by Lizabeth Cohen and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2003-12-30 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this signal work of history, Bancroft Prize winner and Pulitzer Prize finalist Lizabeth Cohen shows how the pursuit of prosperity after World War II fueled our pervasive consumer mentality and transformed American life. Trumpeted as a means to promote the general welfare, mass consumption quickly outgrew its economic objectives and became synonymous with patriotism, social equality, and the American Dream. Material goods came to embody the promise of America, and the power of consumers to purchase everything from vacuum cleaners to convertibles gave rise to the power of citizens to purchase political influence and effect social change. Yet despite undeniable successes and unprecedented affluence, mass consumption also fostered economic inequality and the fracturing of society along gender, class, and racial lines. In charting the complex legacy of our “Consumers’ Republic” Lizabeth Cohen has written a bold, encompassing, and profoundly influential book.
