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Consumerism Indicators Construction: A Portrait of Household Food Consumption in Surabaya

open access: yes, 2014
The measurement of levels of consumerism is important to understand the characteristics of the global and domestic economy which play a role in shaping the characteristics of the national economy This is in agreement with the post-Fordist economic ...
Francisia Seda
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Consumerism Meets Agri-Business

open access: yes, 1970
The wave of consumerism sweeping the country today appears pretty frightening to many of our farmers and ranchers.
Lessiter, Frank, Frank Lessiter
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Facing the challenges of consumerism in Saudi Arabia

open access: yes, 2006
As Saudi Arabia seeks sustainable development progress through reducing reliance on petroleum, a service-based economy and a subsidized welfare state, it is also important that the nation adopts and implements policy and strategies to curb consumerism ...
Assad, Soraya W.
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Seduced or Sceptical Consumers? Organised Action and the Case of Fair Trade Coffee [PDF]

open access: yes
This article brings together research on political consumerism, social movements and markets to analyse the phenomenon of fair trade coffee. It does this to demonstrate the influence of organised consumers in shaping markets, and to show that people are ...
Janette Webb
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Private Food Strategies and Political Consumerism

open access: yes, 2005
A number of policy instruments are used in order to provide consumers healthy products produced in a proper way as regards environmental impacts. The policy instruments are mainly directed to enterprises and companies producing products.
Lindén, Anna-Lisa,, Lund University.
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Toy Consumption as Political [Elektronisk resurs] : Challenges for Making Dreams Come True

open access: yes, 2018
This chapter looks at political consumerism in the toy sector, offering a brief history of consumer concerns and distinguishing among four strands of political consumerist research in this sector.
Klintman, Mikael,, Lund University.
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Political Consumerism in Southern Europe

open access: yes, 2018
This chapter provides a comparative historical analysis of the evolution of political consumerism in Southern European countries (Spain, Italy, Portugal and Greece), discussing the breadth of scholarship and identifying positive and negative forms of ...
Francesca Forno   +3 more
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Our life with plastic, a review of plastic product abuse in the age of consumerism

open access: yesRozprawy Społeczne
It is estimated that up to 9 million tons of plastic waste enters the oceans every year. There is a top of research on the harmfulness of microplastics to our health.
Ewa Plażuk, Łukasz Zbucki
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Individualism, consumerism and greed: a response from the Old Testament prophets and Catholic social teaching

open access: yes, 2013
This article looks at the response of the Old Testament prophets and Catholic Social Teaching to the problems of individualism, consumerism, and greed.
Hania, H., Hill, R.J., McKinney, S.J.
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MYTH OF HAPPINESS FROM THE CONSUMERISM PERSPECTIVE IN SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR’S LES BELLES IMAGES

open access: yesParadigma: Jurnal Kajian Budaya
France’s post-World War II—the thirty years of glory—resulted in the growth of purchasing power among the French, which triggered growth in consumerism, notably among the bourgeois, i.e. France’s upper-middle-class society. People believed in a myth that
Joesana Tjahjani, Sekar Dewantari
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