Consumerism in Society

Books

Consumerism

Clarke, David B. & Doel, Marcus A. (Eds.). (2003). The consumption reader. London: Routledge, 2003.
CL Books HC79 Con.Cn

Cohen, Sande & Rutsky, R. L. (Eds.). (2005). Consumption in an age of information. Oxford: Berg, 2005.
CL Books HC79 Con.Co

De Grazia, Victoria. (2005). Irresistible empire: America's advance through twentieth-century. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press.
CL Books HF5415.33 Eur.De

Evans, David S. (2005). Paying with plastic: The digital revolution in buying and borrowing. 2nd ed. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
HSSML Books HG3755.8 Uni.Ev

Garcia, Guy. (2004). The new mainstream: How the multicultural consumer is transforming American business. New York: Rayo, 2004.
HSSML Books HC110 Con.Ga

Goodman, Douglas J. (2004). Consumer culture: A reference handbook. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO.
HSSML Books HC79 Con.Go

Garner, Jonathan. (2005). The rise of the Chinese consumer: Theory and evidence. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
HSSML Books HC430 Con.Ga

Kasser, Tim. (2002). The high price of materialism. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
CL Books BF698.35 Acq.Ka

Lace, Susanne (Ed.). (2005). The glass consumer: Life in a surveillance society. Bristol: Policy.
HSSML Books JC596 Gla

Lodziak, Conrad. (2002). The myth of consumerism. Sterling, VA: Pluto Press.
SSML Books HB801 Lod

Mooij, Marieke K. de. (2004). Consumer behavior and culture: Consequences for global marketing and advertising. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
HSSML Books HF5415.32 Moo

Paterson, Mark. (2006). Consumption and everyday life. London: Routledge.
CL Books HF5415.32 Pat

Schiffman, Leon et al. (2005). Consumer behaviour. 3rd ed. Frenchs Forest, NSW: Pearson Education Australia.
HSSML Books HF5415.32 Con

Schtte, Hellmut & Ciarlante, Deanna. (1998). Consumer behavior in Asia. Washington Square, NY: New York University Press.
CL Books HF5415.33 Asi.Sc

Solomon, Michael R. (2004). Consumer behavior: Buying, having, and being. 6th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
HSSML Books HF5415.32 Sol

Green consumerism

Charter, Martin & Polonsky, Michael Jay (Eds.). (1999). Greener marketing: A global perspective on greening marketing practice. 2nd ed. Sheffield: Greenleaf.
HSSML Books HF5413 Gre

Crane, Andrew. (2001). Marketing, morality and the natural environment. London: Routledge.
HSSML Books HF5413 Cra

Krarup, Signe & Russell, Clifford S. (Eds). (2005). Environment, information and consumer behaviour. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
HSSML Books HF5413 Envi

Heal, Geoffrey. (2000). Nature and the marketplace: Capturing the value of ecosystem services. Washington, DC: Island Press.
HSSML Books HF5413 Hea

Myers, Norman & Kent, Jennifer (Eds.). (2004). The new consumers: The influence of affluence on the environment. Washington, DC: Island Press.
CL Books HD75.6 Mye

Princen, Thomas & Maniates, Michael (Eds.). (2002). Confronting consumption. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
CL Books HB801 Con

Smith, Toby M. (1998). The myth of green marketing: Tending our goats at the edge of apocalypse. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
HSSML Books HF5413 Smi

Southerton, Dale & Chappells, Heather (Eds.). 2004. Sustainable consumption: The implications of changing infrastructures of provision. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
HSSML Books HB801 Sus

Consumer Protection

Ackerman, Frank & Heinzerling, Lisa. (2004). Priceless: On knowing the price of everything and the value of nothing. New York: New Press.
CL Books HC79 Env.Ac

Coteanu, Cristina. (2005). Cyber consumer law and unfair trading practices. Burlington, VT: Ashgate.
HSSML Books K3842 Cot

Rickett, Charles E. F. & Telfer, Thomas G. W. (Eds). (2003). International perspectives on consumers' access to justice. New York: Cambridge University Press.
LW Books KG3842 Int

Vukowich, William T. (2002). Consumer protection in the 21st century: A global perspective. Ardsley, NY: Transnational Publishers.
LW Books KG3842 Vuk

Shopping behaviour

Minahan, Stella. (2005). Why women shop: Secrets revealed. Milton: Wrightbooks.
HSSML Books HF5415 Min

Stinnett, Bill. (2005). Think like your customer: A winning strategy to maximize sales by understanding how and why your customers buy. New York : McGraw-Hill.
HSSML Books HF5415.32 Sti

Zukin, Sharon. (2004). Point of purchase: How shopping changed American culture. New York: Routledge.
CL Books HC110 Con.Zu

Singapore & Malaysia

Chua, Beng Huat. (2003). Life is not complete without shopping: Consumption culture in Singapore. Singapore: Singapore University Press.
CL Singapore-Malaysia Collection, HSSML Books HF5415.32 Chu

Kau, Ah Keng, et al. (2004). Understanding Singaporeans: Values, lifestyles, aspirations and consumption behaviors. Singapore: World Scientific.
CL Singapore-Malaysia Collection, CL Books, HSSML Books HN770.2 Und

Loke, Stephen. (2004). A consumer's guide to fair trading. Singapore: Times Editions.
CL Singapore-Malaysia Collection KPP100.13 Lok & LW Books KE5125 Con.Lo

Rappa, Antonio L. (2002). Modernity & consumption: Theory, politics, and the public in Singapore and Malaysia. New Jersey: World Scientific.
CL Singapore-Malaysia Collection, CL Books HC497.12 *Con.R

S. M. Mohamed Idris. (2004). Reflection on Malaysian society: Where do we go from here? Pulau Pinang: Consumers' Association of Penang.
CL Singapore-Malaysia Collection HF5415.3 Smm

Tay, Catherine Swee Kian & Tang, See Chim. (2003). Your rights as a consumer: A guide to sale of goods, hire-purchase, small claims tribunals. Singapore: Times Books International.
CL Singapore-Malaysia Collection, CL Books, HSSML Books HF1385.12 Tay

Journals

Advances in consumer research
HC79 Conp.ACR HSSML Bound Journals, HSSML Bound Journals

Consumer [Consumers' Association of Singapore]
HC79 Conp.CB CL Current SMC Journals (Loans Desk 4), CL Singapore-Malaysia Collection

Consumption markets & culture
HF5415.32 CMC CL Current Journals, CL Bound Journals

Journal of consumer psychology
HF5415.3 JC HSSML Current Journals, HSSML Bound Journals

Journal of consumer research
HF5415.3 JCR HSSML Current Journals, HSSML Bound Journals

Journal of consumer marketing
HF5410 JCM HSSML Current Journals, HSSML Bound Journals

Journal of consumer behaviour [electronic resource].

Journal of consumer culture [electronic resource].

Databases

Recommended databases:

• Sociological Abstracts
• ABI/Inform Global
• Expanded Academic ASAP
• Web of Science
• Perind

Go to Library portal at www.lib.nus.edu.sg and click LOGIN.

• Under Major Databases, click database to search, e.g. ABI/Inform.

OR

• Under E-resources > Databases > By Subject and click Social Sciences or Sociology & Social Work

Search using some keywords e.g. consumerism and values then browse for relevant articles. Many of the articles have the full text available in the database or via the NUS Libraries subscription to electronic journals. Some articles are available in hard copy in the library. Check LINC and search for the journal title.

You can find articles like:

Kacen, Jacqueline J. & Lee, Julie Anne. (2002). The influence of culture on consumer impulsive buying behavior. Journal of Consumer Psychology, 12 (2), 163-176.

Paek, Hye-Jin & Pan, Zhongdang. 2004. Spreading global consumerism: Effects of mass media and advertising on consumerist values in China. Mass Communication and Society, 7 (4), 491-515.

Multimedia

BBC Learning. (2003). Shopology [videorecording].
CL Multimedia (Loans Desk 2) TX335 Sho [CDV1491, CDV1492]

Explores how the consumer culture has transformed shopping from a basic economic necessity to one of the world's most popular leisure activities.

New Economics Foundation. (1999). Brave new economy [electronic resource].
CL CD ROM (Loans Desk 3) HD75 Bra

New consumers, fair traders, social investors, organic farmers and ethical businesses are all examples of an emerging sustainability sector that we call the new economy.

Media Education Foundation. (1998). Advertising & the end of the world [videorecording].
CL Multimedia (Loans Desk 2) HF5813 Uni.A [CVC10147]

Examines consumerism and its impact on the earth's future.

Intelecom. 1992. Beneath the surface [videorecording].
HSSML Multimedia (Information Desk) HF5439.8 Ben [HVC915]

Examines the factors influencing the customer to buy or not to buy.

Graaf, John de. (Producer). (1997). Affluenza [videorecording].
CL Multimedia (Loans Desk 2) HB74 Aff [CVC12894]

Examines the stress and anxiety of American overconsumption and acquisitiveness, i.e. "affluenza", and explores a movement toward simplicity.

University of Notre Dame. (1997). Business ethics [videorecording]: Truth in advertising.
CL Multimedia (Loans Desk 2) HF5823 Bus [CVC5463]

Examines how truth in advertising has gotten lost in this competitive frenzy, and how consumers can learn to separate fact from fiction in the confusing barrage of hype and half-truths.

Websites

Wikipedia contributors. (2005). Consumerism. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved January 6, 2006 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumerism

Piana, Valentino. (2001). Consumption. In Economics Web Institute Glossary. Retrieved January 6, 2006 from http://www.economicswebinstitute.org/glossary/cons.htm

Belk, Russell. (2004). The fire of desire: A multisited inquiry into consumer desire. Retrieved January 6, 2006 from http://www.acrwebsite.org/topic.asp?artid=189

DeAngelis, Tori. (2004). Consumerism and its discontents. Monitor on Psychology, 35, 6, 52. Retrieved January 6, 2006 from http://www.apa.org/monitor/jun04/discontents.html

Humphery, Kim. (2005). After Affluenza: Diagnosing 'affluenza' has become the stock-in-trade of critics of consumption. Arena Magazine, 75. Retrieved January 6, 2006 from http://www.arena.org.au/ARCHIVES/Mag_Archive/Issue_75/against_the_current75.htm

Perner, Lars. (n.d.). Psychology of consumers. Retrieved January 6, 2006 from http://www.consumerpsychologist.com/

Shah, Anup. (2005). Behind consumption and consumerism. Retrieved January 6, 2006 from http://www.globalissues.org/TradeRelated/Consumption.asp

University of St. Thomas, Minnesota. (2005). Quotations on consumerism / overconsumption. Retrieved January 6, 2006 from http://www.stthomas.edu/recycle/CONSUME.htm

Consumer World. (2006). Consumer agencies & organizations. Retrieved January 6, 2006 from http://www.consumerworld.org/pages/agencies.htm

Green Consumerism

Demerrit, Laurie. (2005, July 28). What makes a green consumer? Understanding consumers goes beyond demographics and lifestyles. Seattle Daily Journal. Retrieved January 6, 2006 from http://www.djc.com/news/en/11170267.html

Education for Sustainability Europe. (2005). Green consumerism or sustainable consumerism. Retrieved January 6, 2006 from http://www.efseurope.org/cgi-bin/Zope.cgi/efseurope/en/quickideas/QI_viewv_html?key=1121428649.07

Green consumer guide. (2006). Retrieved January 6, 2006 from http://www.greenconsumerguide.com/index.php

Consumers Union of U.S. (2005). Greener choices. Retrieved January 6, 2006 from http://www.eco-labels.org/greenconsumers/home.cfm

Makower, Joel. (2000). Whatever happened to green consumers? Retrieved January 6, 2006 from http://www.organicconsumers.org/Organic/greenism.cfm

Srinivas, Hari. (n.d.). Green consumerism. Retrieved January 6, 2006 from http://www.gdrc.org/sustbiz/green/a-consumerism.html

Ethical Consumerism

Co-operative Bank. (n.d.). Ethical consumerism report (2001-2004). Retrieved January 6, 2006 from http://www.co-operativebank.co.uk/servlet/Satellite?cid=1077610044424&pagename=CoopBank%2FPage%2FtplPageStandard&c=Page

Harrison, Rob. (1997). The rise and rise of ethical consumerism. Ethical Consumer, Winter. Retrieved January 6, 2006 from http://www.ethicalconsumer.org/philosophy/riserise.htm

Woodall, Tony. (2003). Conceptualising 'Value for the customer': An attributional, structural and dispositional Analysis. Academy of Marketing Science Review. Retrieved January 6, 2006 from http://www.vancouver.wsu.edu/amsrev/theory/woodall12-2003.html

National Consumer Council. (n.d.). Responsible consumption. Retrieved January 6, 2006 from http://www.ncc.org.uk/responsibleconsumption/index.htm

Sustainable Living Foundation. Shopping with a conscience: The 'how to' of sustainable shopping. Retrieved January 6, 2006 from http://slf.org.au/directory/index.php?page=tipsTools

Singapore

Consumers Association of Singapore. Retrieved January 6, 2006 from http://www.case.org.sg/index.htm

Consumer Protection (Safety Requirements) Registration Scheme. Retrieved January 6, 2006 from http://www.safety.org.sg/

Health Services Authority. Retrieved January 6, 2006 from http://www.hsa.gov.sg/html/consumer/consumer.html

Singapore Environment Council. Retrieved January 6, 2006 from http://www.sec.org.sg/

Singapore National Environment Agency. Retrieved January 6, 2006 from http://www.nea.gov.sg/

Compiled by Lee Seok Hong and Lim-Yeo Pin Pin, Central Library Reference Services

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Last updated 6 Jan 2006