Consumption, globalization and development

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The work Consumption, globalization and development represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Sydney Jones Library, University of Liverpool. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Consumption, globalization and development

Statement of responsibility

Jeffrey James

Creator

• James, Jeffrey, 1949-

Subject

• Consumer behavior -- Developing countries
• Consumption (Economics) -- Developing countries
• Developing countries -- Economic conditions
• Markets
• Technological innovations -- Economic aspects -- Developing countries
• Competition, International

Language

eng

Cataloging source

UK-WkNB

Index

no index present

LC call number

HC59.72.C6

LC item number

J364 2000eb

Literary form

non fiction

Summary expansion

In this book Jeffrey James deals with some of the most important and controversial aspects of the relationship between consumption and globalization in developing countries. Part One assesses the welfare effects of globalization on different groups of consumers, using an analytical framework that departs substantially from the assumptions of traditional consumption theory. Part Two deals with the effect of globalization on local products and cultures in developing countries and the potential afforded by the growth of the mass media to alleviate a number of social problems in those countries. The author argues that instead of the welfare gains associated with traditional theory, globalization may often lead to frustration and disappointment among consumers; that it does not invariably displace local products and that, in combination with social marketing, it offers new ways of addressing acute social problems