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Studies of the German Historical Institute London

The Voice of the Citizen Consumer

A History of Market Research, Consumer Movements, and the Political Public Sphere

Bruckweh, Kerstin

The Voice of the Citizen Consumer

Studies of the German Historical Institute London

The Voice of the Citizen Consumer

A History of Market Research, Consumer Movements, and the Political Public Sphere

Studies of the German Historical Institute London: The Voice of the Citizen Consumer

 

Citizen consumers have two voices in the public sphere: one constructed by consumer movements, the other by opinion polls and market research. The volume combines them, bringing together research areas so far treated in isolation: the politics of consumption and consumer organizations, and the techniques of market research and opinion polling.


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Beschrijving Studies of the German Historical Institute London: The Voice of the Citizen Consumer

Citizen consumers have two significant voices in the political public sphere: one constructed by organized consumer movements, the other by opinion polls and market research. While the first can be powerful, surveyed citizen consumers remain a diffuse, powerless bulk. With comprehensive computer usage and other technical advances, the applications of survey techniques and the number of competing interests have risen. Some fear that the privacy of personal data is
threatened, while others become heavily dependent on huge amounts of data to satisfy their clients. Political and economic marketing and surveying need to gather information about citizen consumers while also obeying data protection regulations. Thus knowledge, power, and agency are important in
connecting consumption, consumers, citizens, market researchers, and the political. In examining these aspects, the volume brings together the history of the consumer and the history of politics in modern Europe. In particular, it focuses on two strands of research that are closely interconnected but have so far been treated in isolation: the politics of consumption and consumer organizations on the one hand, and the techniques of market research and opinion polling on the other. In
concentrating on France, Britain, and Germany (and partly on the USA) this volume tells the story of the political sphere in Western consumer societies.


ISBN
9780199604029
Pagina's
304
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Serie
Studies of the German Historical Institute London
NUR
680
Druk
1
Uitvoering
Hardback
Taal
Engels
Uitgever
OUP Oxford

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