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A reflection on the Systems of Provision framework of analysis by way of a practical example 通过一个实际案例，对刑法规定制度框架分析的思考

Consumption and Society Pub Date : 2022-08-01 DOI: 10.1332/adzw1174

T. Haines-Doran

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引用次数: 1

Consumption and society in the 21st century 21世纪的消费与社会

Consumption and Society Pub Date : 2022-08-01 DOI: 10.1332/yrta1119

Daniel Welch, M. Sahakian, S. Wahlen

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引用次数: 3

Is it sustainable consumption or performative environmentalism? 是可持续消费还是行为环保主义?

Consumption and Society Pub Date : 2022-08-01 DOI: 10.1332/lttt8626

Manisha Anantharaman

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引用次数: 1

How everyday life matters: everyday politics, everyday consumption and social change 日常生活有多重要:日常政治、日常消费和社会变革

Consumption and Society Pub Date : 2022-08-01 DOI: 10.1332/mbpu6295

Luke Yates

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引用次数: 5

From addressing to redressing consumption: how the System of Provision approach helps 从解决到纠正消费:供应制度方法如何起作用

Consumption and Society Pub Date : 2022-08-01 DOI: 10.1332/kdrh7457

B. Fine, Kate Bayliss

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引用次数: 7

Digital ecosystems as social institutions: exploring the role of consumption through four research streams of digital ecosystems 作为社会制度的数字生态系统:通过数字生态系统的四个研究流探索消费的作用

Consumption and Society Pub Date : 2022-08-01 DOI: 10.1332/quph6141

A. Dulsrud, B. Bygstad

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引用次数: 3

Mundane normativity and the everyday handling of contested food consumption 世俗的规范性和日常处理有争议的食物消费

Consumption and Society Pub Date : 2022-08-01 DOI: 10.1332/ytea5659

B. Halkier

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引用次数: 7

Exploring patterns of children’s cultural participation: parental cultural capitals and their transmission 儿童文化参与模式探析:父母文化资本及其传播

Consumption and Society Pub Date : 2022-08-01 DOI: 10.1332/iojw2616

A. Leguina, I. Karademir-Hazır, Francisco Azpitarte

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引用次数: 3