Politics, Products, and Markets: Exploring Political Consumerism Past and Present

by Stolle,Dietlind

• ISBN13: 9781412805520
• ISBN10: 141280552X
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2006-02-15
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Political consumerism means that the politics is a product; as such, it can the marketed to consumers (voters). Individuals and institutions use the market to develop political issues, create a sense of responsibility, control uncertainty, and encourage people to solve common problems on the basis of attitudes and values. These may concern issues of personal and family well-being as well as ethical or political assessments of favorable and unfavorable business and government practices. Political consumerism is thus reflected in a complex social and normative context that we call politics.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Michele Micheletti
Introduction	ix
Michele Micheletti
Andreas Follesdal
Dietlind Stolle
Part I: Making Money Morally
Political Consumerism as Chance and Challenge	3	(18)
Andreas Follesdal
Selling Virtue: Political and Economic Contradictions of Green/Ethical Marketing in the United Kingdom	21	(24)
Paul Kennedy
Part II: Consumer Choices and Setting of the Agenda of Politics
Using Consumer Boycotts to Stimulate Corporate Policy Changes: Marketplace, Media, and Moral Considerations	45	(18)
Monroe Friedman
Political Consumer Action: Some Cautionary Notes from African American History	63	(20)
Cheryl Greenberg
Tracing the American Roots of the Political Consumerism Movement	83	(18)
David Vogel
Branded Political Communication: Lifestyle Politics, Logo Campaigns, and the Rise of Global Citizenship	101	(26)
W. Lance Bennett
The Nike Sweatshop Email: Political Consumerism, Internet, and Culture Jamming	127	(18)
Jonah Peretti
Michele Micheletti
Part III: Building Responsible Institutions for Multi-Risk Global Society
The Industrial Roots of Contemporary Political Consumerism: The Case of the French Standardization Movement	145	(16)
Franck Cochoy
Consumer Responsibility-Taking and Eco-Labeling Schemes in Europe	161	(20)
Andrew Jordan
Rudiger K.W. Wurzel
Anthony R. Zito
Lars Bruckner
Legitimizing Political Consumerism: The Case of Forest Certification in North America and Europe	181	(22)
Benjamin Cashore
Graeme Auld
Deanna Newsom
Part IV: Politicizing Consumers and Change in Politics
Who Are These Political Consumers Anyway? Survey Evidence from Denmark	203	(20)
Jorgen Goul Andersen
Mette Tobiasen
Consumption, Risk, and Civic Engagement: Citizens as Risk-Handlers	223	(22)
Bente Halkier
Why More Women? Issues of Gender and Political Consumerism	245	(20)
Michele Micheletti
Consumers as Political Participants? Shifts in Political Action Repertoires in Western Societies	265	(24)
Dietlind Stolle
Marc Hooghe
Conclusion	289	(12)
Andreas Follesdal
Michele Micheletti
Dietlind Stolle
Contributors	301	(2)
Index	303