Globalizing responsibility: the political rationalities of ethical consumption

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 andan expression of individualised consumerism INDICE: 1. Introduction: Politicizing Consumption in an Unequal World. Part I: Theorising Consumption Differently: 2. The Ethical Problematization of The Consumer. 3. Practising Consumption. 4. Problematizing Consumption. Part II:Doing Consumption Differently: 5. Grammars of Responsibility. 6. Local Networks of Global Feeling. 7. Fairtrade Urbanism. 8. Conclusion: Doing Politics in an Ethical Register.

• ISBN: 978-1-4051-4557-2
• Editorial: Wiley-Blackwell
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 248
• Fecha Publicación: 12/11/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés