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Consumerism, Health and Social Order

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2003

Ian Shaw  and
Alan Aldridge
Ian Shaw
Affiliation:
School of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Nottingham E-mail: Ian.Shaw@nottingham.ac.uk
Alan Aldridge
Affiliation:
School of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Nottingham E-mail: Ian.Shaw@nottingham.ac.uk
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Abstract

The concept of consumerism has multiple meanings, many of which are heavily value-laden; similarly, there are conflicting stereotypes of ‘the consumer’. After exploring the key dimensions of debates about consumerism and the consumer, this paper addresses some paradoxical consequences of the discourse of consumer empowerment in the field of health promotion and specifically in the ‘new public health’ movement.

Type
Themed Section: Consumerism and Social Policy
Information
Social Policy and Society , Volume 2 , Issue 1 , January 2003 , pp. 35 - 43
Copyright
© 2003 Cambridge University Press

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