“Consumocracia”. El consumo político como forma de participación de la ciudadanía

  1. Novo Vázquez, Amparo 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Oviedo
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    Universidad de Oviedo

    Oviedo, España

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Journal:
Política y sociedad

ISSN: 1130-8001 1988-3129

Year of publication: 2014

Issue Title: Herramientas para el estudio de la alimentación contemporánea

Volume: 51

Issue: 1

Pages: 121-146

Type: Article

DOI: 10.5209/REV_POSO.2014.V51.N1.42481 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openOpen access editor

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Abstract

El consumo político o political consumerism es una forma de participación en la que la ciudadanía utiliza el mercado para expresar sus preocupaciones políticas. Realizar la compra de un producto (buycott) o no (boycott) es una decisión personal justificada, basada en valoraciones éticas, medioambientales o políticas que se hacen de los procedimientos realizados por las empresas o los gobiernos. Las nuevas tecnologías y los distintos medios de difusión informativa influyen en el alcance de este tipo de movilización política dada la importancia creciente de las redes sociales transnacionales y las comunidades en línea, las cuales contribuyen a la formación de opinión de la ciudadanía y a su participación en un nuevo espacio “sub-político”. De tal forma que interesa tanto el consumidor crítico o consciente que convierte su hábito de compra en hábito político como el contexto a través del que obtiene la información, y los distintos actores -los activistas o movimientos sociales- con los que participa, convirtiendo el mercado en arena pública y objeto de  reivindicaciones para la práctica de la democracia. Este artículo por tanto tiene como objetivos: conceptualizar la participación del consumidor desde la perspectiva de las teorías sociológicas de la modernidad, presentar algunas de las metodologías utilizadas para medir y evaluar la influencia de los consumidores políticos y ver en qué medida su empoderamiento ante el mercado podría acercarse a una “consumocracia’’

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