April 19, 2011: Discussion Questions: The Politics of “Ethical” Consumption

[Emilie Dubois]

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Micheletti, M., and D. Stolle. 2007. “Mobilizing consumers to take
responsibility for global social justice,” Annals of the American
Academy of
Political and Social Science 611:157-75.
Seyfang, G., 2004, “Consuming Values and Contested Cultures: A
Critical Analysis of the UK Strategy for Sustainable Consumption and
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Andrea Prothero, Pierre McDonagh, and Susan Dobscha, 2010, “Is Green
the New Black? Reflections on a Green Commodity Discourse,” Journal of
Macromarketing, Forno, Francesca, and Luigi Ceccarini. 2006. “From the
Street to the Shops:
The Rise of New Forms of Political Actions in Italy.” South European
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Margaret Willis and Juliet B. Schor, 2010, “Does Changing a Light Bulb
Change the World?” unpublished.