{"product_id":"shopping-for-change-consumer-activism-and-the-possibilities-of-purchasing-power-9781501709258","title":"Shopping for Change: Consumer Activism and the Possibilities of Purchasing Power","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Louis Hyman | Joseph Tohill\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: ILR Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: ILR Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Political Advocacy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConsuming with a conscience is one of the fastest growing forms of political participation worldwide. Every day we make decisions about how to spend our money and, for the socially conscious, these decisions matter. Political consumers \"buy green\" for the environment or they \"buy pink\" to combat breast cancer. They boycott Taco Bell to support migrant workers or Burger King to save the rainforest.\u003cbr\u003eBut can we overcome the limitations of consumer identity, the conservative pull of consumer choice, co-optation by corporate marketers, and other pitfalls of consumer activism in order to marshal the possibilities of consumer power? Can we, quite literally, shop for change? \u003ci\u003eShopping for Change\u003c\/i\u003e brings together the historical and contemporary perspectives of academics and activists to show readers what has been possible for consumer activists in the past and what might be possible for today's consumer activists.Contributors\u003cbr\u003eKyle Asquith, University of Windsor; Dawson Barrett, Del Mar College; Lawrence Black, University of York; Madeline Brambilla, Northeastern University; Joshua Carreiro, Springfield Technical Community College, Springfield, MA; H. Louise Davis, Miami University; Jeffrey Demsky, San Bernardino Valley College; Tracey Deutsch, University of Minnesota?Twin Cities; Mara Einstein, Queens College, CUNY; Bart Elmore, University of Alabama; Sarah Elvins, University of Manitoba; Daniel Faber, Northeastern University; Julie Guard, University of Manitoba; Louis Hyman, ILR School, Cornell University; Meredith Katz, Virginia Commonwealth University; Randall Kaufman, Miami Dade College?Homestead Campus; Larry Kirsh, IMR Health Economics, Portland, OR; Katrina Lacher, University of Central Oklahoma; Bettina Liverant, University of Calgary; Amy Lubitow, Portland State University; Robert N. Mayer, University of Utah; Michelle McDonald, Stockton University; Wendy Wiedenhoft Murphy, John Carroll University; Mark W. Robbins, Del Mar College;\u003cbr\u003eJessica Stewart, Cornell University;Joseph Tohill, York University and Ryerson University; Allison Ward, Queen's University and McMaster University; Philip Wight, Brandeis University\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46475019813015,"sku":"9781501709258","price":4368.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781501709258.jpg?v=1766271664","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/shopping-for-change-consumer-activism-and-the-possibilities-of-purchasing-power-9781501709258","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}