Consumers and Consumption in Comparison
1st Edition
Published on 12. December 2024
256 pages
978-1-83549-316-8 (ISBN)
Description
Consumption studies are underrated in the social sciences. Drawing specific attention to this need for further analysis, this latest volume of Comparative Social Research presents a rich collection of chapters offering an up-to-date view of the sociology of consumption.
Providing a theoretically informed discussion of the specificities of sociology of consumption, Consumers and Consumption in Comparison focuses on three main approaches: Consumption and social inequality; Consumption and gender; and Consumption and social movements.
With chapters covering consumer collective action, health and food consumption, sustainable consumption, the cost-of-living crises, gendered online play, and more, this is compelling read for scholars across the social sciences interested in a comparative view of consumers and consumptions.
Providing a theoretically informed discussion of the specificities of sociology of consumption, Consumers and Consumption in Comparison focuses on three main approaches: Consumption and social inequality; Consumption and gender; and Consumption and social movements.
With chapters covering consumer collective action, health and food consumption, sustainable consumption, the cost-of-living crises, gendered online play, and more, this is compelling read for scholars across the social sciences interested in a comparative view of consumers and consumptions.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Bingley
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
ISBN-13
978-1-83549-316-8 (9781835493168)
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Persons
Eivind Jacobsen is Director of Consumption Research Norway.
Pal Strandbakken is a Senior Researcher at Consumption Research Norway.
Arne Dulsrud is former Director of Consumption Research Norway.
Silje Elisabeth Skuland is a Senior Researcher at Consumption Research Norway.
Pal Strandbakken is a Senior Researcher at Consumption Research Norway.
Arne Dulsrud is former Director of Consumption Research Norway.
Silje Elisabeth Skuland is a Senior Researcher at Consumption Research Norway.
Content
Introduction - Consumption in the social sciences; Pal Strandbakken, Eivind Jacobsen, Arne Dulsrud, and Silje Elisabeth Skuland
Chapter 1. Financial well-being and the welfare state: Effects of the cost-of-living crisis in the UK and Norway; Christian Poppe, Jamie Evans, and Elaine Kempson
Chapter 2. Feeding the family with a disability or long-term health condition: Lone-parent families at risk of food insecurity in England and Denmark; Julia Brannen, Rebecca O'Connell, and Kia Ditlevsen
Chapter 3. Exploring the individual-level factors influencing trust in consumer rights protection: A cross-national study in Europe; Andreea Ioana Alecu
Chapter 4. Neo-materialist movement organisations' scaling through strategies and consumer collective action: Comparing three European food movement scenes; Stefan Wahlen, Francesca Forno, and Mikko Juhani Laamanen
Chapter 5. Conditions for sustainable food consumption: A comparative study of Europeans' valuations of chicken meat; Gunnar Vitterso, Mattia Andreola, Unni Kjaernes, Sabina Kuraj, Alexander Schjoll, and Hanne Torjusen
Chapter 6. Comparing male and female wardrobes: Gender dynamics in the practice of dressing; Vilde Anine Rydal Haugronning and Ingrid Haugsrud
Chapter 7. 'Gamers' crafted by consumption: The influence of consumption on gender identities in video games; Kamilla Knutsen Steinnes
Chapter 8. Between distributed agency and choice architecture: Comparing nudge and practice theoretical approaches to changing consumption; Johanna Sofia Adolfsson, Arve Hansen, and Ulrikke Wethal
Chapter 9. Contested imaginaries of preferable food futures: A comparative analysis of the digital food provisioning platforms ODA and REKO-ringen; Marie Hebrok and Nina Heidenstrom
Chapter 1. Financial well-being and the welfare state: Effects of the cost-of-living crisis in the UK and Norway; Christian Poppe, Jamie Evans, and Elaine Kempson
Chapter 2. Feeding the family with a disability or long-term health condition: Lone-parent families at risk of food insecurity in England and Denmark; Julia Brannen, Rebecca O'Connell, and Kia Ditlevsen
Chapter 3. Exploring the individual-level factors influencing trust in consumer rights protection: A cross-national study in Europe; Andreea Ioana Alecu
Chapter 4. Neo-materialist movement organisations' scaling through strategies and consumer collective action: Comparing three European food movement scenes; Stefan Wahlen, Francesca Forno, and Mikko Juhani Laamanen
Chapter 5. Conditions for sustainable food consumption: A comparative study of Europeans' valuations of chicken meat; Gunnar Vitterso, Mattia Andreola, Unni Kjaernes, Sabina Kuraj, Alexander Schjoll, and Hanne Torjusen
Chapter 6. Comparing male and female wardrobes: Gender dynamics in the practice of dressing; Vilde Anine Rydal Haugronning and Ingrid Haugsrud
Chapter 7. 'Gamers' crafted by consumption: The influence of consumption on gender identities in video games; Kamilla Knutsen Steinnes
Chapter 8. Between distributed agency and choice architecture: Comparing nudge and practice theoretical approaches to changing consumption; Johanna Sofia Adolfsson, Arve Hansen, and Ulrikke Wethal
Chapter 9. Contested imaginaries of preferable food futures: A comparative analysis of the digital food provisioning platforms ODA and REKO-ringen; Marie Hebrok and Nina Heidenstrom
