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"Yes, consumers can change public policies — sometimes. Here are the challenges"

  • 1.  "Yes, consumers can change public policies — sometimes. Here are the challenges"

    Posted 02-27-2017 13:46
    Hello everybody:

    Consumption is a political act. As social movement scholars have documented, consumer boycotts and "buycotts" are important strategies to lobby the corporation. When do they work? Can they change public policy?

    Here are some thoughts on this subject (Specifically the Ivanka-Nordstrom episode) published today on Washington Post' Monkey Cage:

    "Yes, consumers can change public policies — sometimes. Here are the challenges"
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2017/02/27/yes-consumers-can-change-public-policies-sometimes-here-are-the-challenges/?utm_term=.31ecb7a794b7#comments


    Please email your comments directly to me (instead of the listserv).

    Thanks,

    Aseem

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    Aseem Prakash
    Professor, Department of Political Science
    Walker Family Professor for the College of Arts and Sciences
    Founding Director, UW Center for Environmental Politics
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    University of Washington
    Seattle, WA 98195-3530

    http://faculty.washington.edu/aseem/
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