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Mikael Klintman

Mikael Klintman

Professor

Mikael Klintman

Toy Consumption as Political : Challenges for Making Dreams Come True

Författare

  • Mikael Klintman

Redaktör

  • Magnus Boström
  • Michele Micheletti
  • Peter Oosterveer

Summary, in English

This chapter looks at political consumerism in the toy sector, offering a brief history of consumer concerns and distinguishing among four strands of political consumerist research in this sector. A primary factor facilitating political consumerism of toys is that toy companies are extremely concerned about their reputation. Manufacturers cannot assume that parents and other carers do their usual risk-benefit analysis with the same level of risk acceptance concerning toys. Factors constraining political consumerism in this sector include long product chains and difficulties in discovering unethical practices and dangerous substances. Actors involved in the political consumerism of toys come from all societal spheres, including retailers. Regulators take action when risks have been discovered by civil society actors or scientists, but international divergence in regulation constitutes an obstacle to concerted action. Future research needs to examine synergies and trade-offs among various risks in toy products.

Avdelning/ar

  • Sociologi

Publiceringsår

2018-07-15

Språk

Engelska

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

The Oxford Handbook of Political Consumerism

Dokumenttyp

Del av eller Kapitel i bok

Förlag

Oxford University Press

Ämne

  • Sociology (excluding Social Work, Social Psychology and Social Anthropology)

Nyckelord

  • Political consumerism
  • Toys
  • Children
  • gender roles
  • marketing regulation

Aktiv

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISBN: 9780190629038