Shares anecdotal insight into the illogical influences behind poor financial decisions and how to outmaneuver them, covering topics ranging from credit-card debt and household budgeting to holiday spending and real estate sales. "Why is paying for things painful? Why are we com…
"By observing a typical day of decision-making, from trivial food choices to significant work-place moves, he investigates how our behavior is shaped by psychological shortcuts. With a clear focus on the marketing potential of knowing what makes us tick, Shotton has drawn on evi…
Cover -- Endorsement -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- Ethical consumption, the identity-building consumer, and critical realism -- Clarification of terms -- The scope an…
Theorising the ethical consumer -- Analysing consumption : toward an integrated approach -- Ethical consumption and critical realism -- Ethical consumption as a reflexive life project -- Studying the ethical consumer -- Studying consumption : a realist approach -- Meeting the et…
This book engages with the topic of ethical consumption and applies a critical-realist approach to explore the process of becoming and being an ethical consumer. By integrating Margaret Archer's theory of identity formation and Christian Coff's work on food ethics, it develops a…
What does luxury value mean? What constitutes luxury, and what does not? While previous research has focused on luxury as a global business and how companies have generated, communicated and monetized luxury, this book draws on empirical research to examine how consumers underst…
What does luxury value mean? What constitutes luxury, and what does not? While previous research has focused on luxury as a global business and how companies have generated, communicated and monetized luxury, this book draws on empirical research to examine how consumers underst…