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Cultural sociology - or the sociology of culture - has grown from a minority interest in the 1970s to become one of the largest and most vibrant areas within sociology globally. In The SAGE Handbook of Cultural Sociology, a global range of experts explore the theory, methodology and innovations that make up this ever-expanding field. The Handbook's 40 original chapters have been organised into five thematic sections: Theoretical Paradigms Major Methodological Perspectives Domains of Inquiry Cultural Sociology in Contexts Cultural Sociology and Other Analytical Approaches Both comprehensive and current, The SAGE Handbook of Cultural Sociology will be an essential reference tool for both advanced students and scholars across sociology, cultural studies and media studies.
Cultural Sociology of Ethical Consumption
Cultural Sociology of Ethical Consumption
Introduction
Ethical consumption – the infusion of consumer practices with moral and political considerations and purpose – has been a growing phenomenon over three decades in Europe and North America, with the most rapid increase taking place in around the middle of the last decade (Stolle and Micheletti, 2013: 54–5). In the UK a report commissioned by the Co-Operative Group puts the total spent in ethical consumer practices in 2012 at over £54 billion, a figure that includes spending on a wide variety of ethical products from food to financial services, which is linked to a wide variety of causes from human rights to green energy and animal welfare (Ethical Consumer Research Association, 2013). The report ...
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