Consumption, Globalization and Development

This volume is concerned with the complexities of the relationship between globalization and different groups of consumers in developing countries. Globalization, it is argued, can yield frustration and disappointment as well as welfare gains for consumers; it may, but does not necessarily, displace...

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Main Author: James, Jeffrey
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London Palgrave Macmillan UK 2000, 2000
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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