Globalizing Responsibility: The Political Rationalities of Ethical Consumption

By Clive Barnett, Nick Clarke, Alice Malpass, et al.

Book Overview

Globalizing Responsibility: The Political Rationalities of Ethical Consumption presents an innovative reinterpretation of the forces that have shaped the remarkable growth of ethical consumption.

Develops a theoretically informed new approach to shape our understanding of the pragmatic nature of ethical action in consumption processes Provides empirical research on everyday consumers, social networks, and campaigns Fills a gap in research on the topic with its distinctive focus on fair trade consumption Locates ethical consumption within a range of social theoretical debates -on neoliberalism, governmentality, and globalisation Challenges the moralism of much of the analysis of ethical consumption, which sees it as a retreat from proper citizenly politics and an expression of individualised consumerism

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1405145587
• ISBN13: 9781405145589
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"