Consumers and Consumption in Comparison
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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.
Introduction – Consumption in the social sciences; Pål 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 Vittersø, Mattia Andreola, Unni Kjærnes, Sabina Kuraj, Alexander Schjøll, and Hanne Torjusen
- Chapter 6. Comparing male and female wardrobes: Gender dynamics in the practice of dressing; Vilde Anine Rydal Haugrønning 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 Heidenstrøm
Eivind Jacobsen is Director of Consumption Research Norway.
Pål 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.