Consumer policy from below : paradoxes, perspectives, problematizations / Kai-Uwe Hellmann, Ansgar Klein, Bernward Baule, editors.
2023
K3842 .C66 2023
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Title
Consumer policy from below : paradoxes, perspectives, problematizations / Kai-Uwe Hellmann, Ansgar Klein, Bernward Baule, editors.
ISBN
9783658424893 (electronic bk.)
3658424893 (electronic bk.)
9783658424886
3658424893 (electronic bk.)
9783658424886
Published
Wiesbaden, Germany : Springer, 2023.
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English
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1 online resource (x, 349 pages) : illustrations
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10.1007/978-3-658-42489-3 doi
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K3842 .C66 2023
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343.07/1
Summary
For a long time, consumer policy in Germany presented itself as a network of actions, organisations and strategies that was particularly close to the state, i.e. oriented towards it. For the most part, corresponding mandates were issued by the state or with state approval and support, funding models were set up and laws were enacted, which could give the impression that there was essentially only a 'consumer policy from above' imposed by macropolitics. In recent years, however, this asymmetry has shifted permanently in favour of civil society, keyword 'political consumption', and meanwhile there are so many actions, initiatives and organisations that one can probably speak of a steadily growing 'consumer policy from below'. This anthology traces these changes to some extent. The content - The responsible consumer as a discontinued model? - Political consumption and political participation - Responsibility and accountabilities - The cultural-moral dimension of consumption - Actors, activists, initiatives, organisations and associations The editors Apl. Prof. Dr. Kai-Uwe Hellmann teaches consumer and economic sociology at the Institute of Sociology at the Technical University of Berlin. PD Dr. Ansgar Klein is Managing Director of the Federal Network for Civic Engagement (BBE). Bernward Baule worked at the Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection with a focus on consumer research/consumer education and is a freelance author. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence. A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content.
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Table of Contents
The responsible consumer as an outdated model? - Political consumption and political participation
Responsibility and accountability
The cultural-moral dimension of consumption
Actors, activists, initiatives, organizations and associations.
Responsibility and accountability
The cultural-moral dimension of consumption
Actors, activists, initiatives, organizations and associations.