Coffee Activism and the Politics of Fair Trade and Ethical Consumption in the Global North

Political Consumerism and Cultural Citizenship
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-349-44867-8
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 204 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 279 g

Reihe: Consumption and Public Life

This book explores the politics borne of consumption through the case of coffee activism and ethical consumption. It analyses the agencies, structures, repertoires and technologies of promotion and participation in the politics of fair trade consumption through an exploration of the relationship between activism and consumption.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lekakis, Eleftheria J.

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Understanding Coffee Activism, Ethical Consumption and Political Consumerism 2. A History of Mainstreaming the Fair Trade Market and Movement 3. Politics in the Marketopoly: Cultural Citizenship and Political Consumerism 4. In Politics I Trust: Individualisation and the Politics and Pleasures of the Self 5. A Liquid Politics: Structures and Narratives of Participation in Digital Coffee Activism 6. Digital Media, Space and Politics: Cosmopolitan Citizenship in Coffee Activism 7. A Politics in the Pocket?

Über Autor(innen)

Eleftheria Lekakis is Lecturer in Global Communications in the School of Media, Film and Music at the University of Sussex, UK.