Consumer Activism for Social Change.
2019
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Consumer Activism for Social Change.
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2019
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Social Work
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Consumer activism, or activism through participating in the market such as through boycotts or ethical shopping, is the most common form of political action in the United States aside from voting. While consumer activism was a popular macro practice social work intervention by social work pioneers and has been an important part of many social change movements, it is rarely discussed formally in the field of social work today. This article provides an overview of consumer activism as a social work intervention, describes historical and twenty-first century examples of consumer activism, discusses the effectiveness of consumer activism, and discusses the strengths and challenges of consumer activism for social workers who engage in it either professionally or personally.
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Lightfoot, E. B. (2019). Consumer activism for social change. Social work, 64(4), 301-309.
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Lightfoot, Elizabeth. (2019). Consumer Activism for Social Change.. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/213786.
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