Coffee activism and the politics of fair trade and ethical consumption in the global north political consumerism and cultural citizenship /

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 bet...

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Main Authors: Lekakis, Eleftheria
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Literature type: Electronic Software eBook
Language: English
Series: Consumption and public life
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Online Access: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137282699
Summary: 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.
Item Description: Electronic book text.
Epublication based on: 9781137282682.
Carrier Form: 216 p. : 2 figures, 6.
ISBN: 9781137282682
9781137282699 :
113728269X :
CLC: F014.5
Contents: 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?