Ethical consumption : a critical introduction / edited by Tania Lewis and Emily Potter.

Other author Lewis, Tania.
Other author Potter, Emily.
Format Book
Publication InfoMilton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2011.
Descriptionxxviii, 278 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
Consumption (Economics)--Moral and ethical aspects.
Consumption (Economics)--Social aspects.
Consumer behavior--Moral and ethical aspects.
Social choice.

Contents Introduction -- Introducing ethical consumption / Tania Lewis and Emily Potter -- Politics -- What's wrong with ethical consumption? / Jo Littler -- The simple and the good : ethical consumption as anti-consumerism / Kim Humphery -- Fair trade in cyberspace : the commodification of poverty and the marketing of handicrafts on the Internet / Timothy J. Scrase -- Neoliberalism, the 'obesity epidemic' and the challenge to theory / Michael Gard -- Commodities and materiality -- Placing alternative consumption: commodity fetishism in Borough Fine Foods Market, London / Benjamin Coles and Philip Crang -- Feeding the world : towards a messy ethics of eating / Elspeth Probyn -- Drinking to live : the work of ethically branded bottled water / Emily Potter -- Ethical consumption, sustainable production and wine / Paul Starr -- Eco-ethical electronic consumption in the smart-design economy / Richard Maxwell and Toby Miller -- The ethics of second-hand consumption / Adrian Franklin -- Is green the new black? Exploring ethical fashion consumption / Chris Gibson and Elyse Stanes -- Practices, sites and representations -- Slow living and the temporalities of sustainable consumption / Wendy Parkins and Geoffrey Craig -- Ethical consumption begins at home : green renovations, eco-homes and sustainable home improvement / Fiona Allon -- Cultivating citizen-subjects through collective praxis : organized gardening projects in Australia and the Philippines / Kersty Hobson and Ann Hill -- Lifestyle television: gardening and the good life / Frances Bonner -- 'Caring at a distance' : the ambiguity and negotiations of ethical investment / Cathy Greenfield and Peter Williams -- The moral terrains of ecotourism and the ethics of consumption / Robert Melchior Figueroa and Gordon Waitt.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2010008187
ISBN9780415558242 (hbk.)
ISBN0415558247 (hbk.)
ISBN9780415558259 (pbk.)
ISBN0415558255 (pbk.)

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Joyner General Stacks HB835 .E84 2011 ✔ Available Place Hold