Prosperity for all
Subtitle: consumer activism in an era of globalization
By: Matthew Hilton.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Ithaca
Language: eng
Number of pages: 315
ISBN-13: 9780801446443; 9780801475078
Subjects: Consumer protection -- Political aspects; Consumption (Economics) -- Political aspects; Consumer satisfaction -- Political aspects; Consumer behavior -- Political aspects; Globalization -- Political aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : the wealth of access; title: The fear of fortune : the uneasy consumer in an age of affluence; title: Cold war shoppers : consumerism as state project; title: Poverty amid prosperity : consumer protest beyond the affluent west; title: Consumers of the world unite : consumption and the new global order; title: The all-consuming network : the politics of protest in an age of consumption; title: Backlash : the corporate critique of consumerism; title: Choose life: consumer rights versus human rights; title: Shopping for justice : the freedom of free trade; title: Conclusion : the poverty of choice.