Results 1 to 10 of about 349,441 (309)

Bringing Children into the Sociology of Consumption: A Symbolic Consumption Perspective

open access: yesJournal of Marketing and Consumer Behaviour in Emerging Markets, 2023
This article explores children’s consumption practices from a sociology of consumption perspective. The aim is to discover whether South African children, in their consumption of clothing, engage in symbolic consumption and to identify the ways in which ...
Belinda Senooane, Johannes Wiid
doaj   +2 more sources

Nonnegotiable Symbolic Value and Sugar-Driven Food Habits in Indonesia: Mixed Methods Study Using a Digital Sociological Approach [PDF]

open access: yesJMIR Infodemiology
BackgroundThe sugar market in Indonesia reflects the distinct consumer behavior shaped by economic and deeply rooted cultural factors. This study explores how symbolic values attached to sugar sustain persistent, often irrational or uncontrollable ...
Ewina Efriani Manik   +8 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Sociology of Drug Consumption

open access: yesResearch on Addiction, 2004
In this article which is a review of sociological ideas and studies of drug abusers in social situation, drug addiction steps (particularly alcohol, heroin and cocaine consumption) are revised and some explanations are made.

doaj   +1 more source

The Evolution of Sociological Approaches Towards Conceptualizing Consumption in Western Sociology

open access: yesСоциологический журнал
The second half of the 20th century saw multiple directions of consumer research emerge in sociology, including a cultural turn, a material turn, a practical turn, a turn towards sustainability, and a digital turn.
Zoya V. Kotelnikova
doaj   +2 more sources

RETRACTED: Engaging the citizen in the circular economy: Transcending the passive consumer role

open access: yesFrontiers in Sustainability, 2022
The transition to a resource-efficient and effective circular economy (CE) requires the active engagement of all societal and economic actors, including business, civic society, and political actors.
Leonidas Milios
doaj   +1 more source

Not just political parties: Robert Michels as a critic of mainstream economics

open access: yesFrontiers in Sociology, 2023
Best known for his contribution to elite theory through the formulation of the principle of oligarchy, Robert Michels pursued a critique of economic reductionism for decades.
Emanuela Susca
doaj   +1 more source

Sociality of Consumption: A Perspective in Economy-Culture Interaction

open access: yesİzmir İktisat Dergisi, 2022
Consumption is an indispensable element for the continuity of human life. From the past to the present, quite different meanings have been attributed to consumption. Consumption, which is the act of consuming in its simplest form, is a way of life on its
Sevim Dilekoğlu
doaj   +1 more source

Tendency to consume Iranian / foreign home appliances taking into account the economic, social and cultural factors affecting it [PDF]

open access: yesNew Applied Studies in Management, Economics & Accounting, 2018
The home appliance industry is very influential in society due to its close relationship with people and the use of its products on a daily basis. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to investigate and identify the factors affecting the tendency of ...
Sharareh Kamrani, Afsaneh Kamali
doaj   +1 more source

Nostalgic Consumption: Sociological Analysis [PDF]

open access: yesЖурнал институциональных исследований, 2016
The presented paper focuses on the phenomena of «commercialization of nostalgia» which is defined as the use of Soviet attributes, symbols and artefacts in promotion and branding of contemporary market goods. What can be evident for any observer and what
Kusimova Tamara, B., Shmidt Maya, A.
doaj   +1 more source

Public or private economies of knowledge: The economics of diffusion and appropriation of bioinformatics tools

open access: yesInternational Journal of the Commons, 2009
The past three decades have witnessed a period of great turbulence in the economies of biological knowledge, during which there has been great uncertainty as to how and where boundaries could be drawn between public or private knowledge especially with ...
Mark Harvey, Andrew McMeekin
doaj   +1 more source

Home - About - Disclaimer - Privacy