Children, Consumerism, and the Common Good.

Children, Consumerism, and the Common Good.

The children are full, interdependent members of the communities of which they are a part; they have a claim on our resources and our solidarity, as well as a right to participate in social life. Their participation easily becomes exploitation in the context of consumer culture. The tradition of the...

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Main Author: Roche, Mary M. Doyle
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group, 2009.
Subjects:
Advertising and children.
Child labor.
Advertising and children
Child labor
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Summary:The children are full, interdependent members of the communities of which they are a part; they have a claim on our resources and our solidarity, as well as a right to participate in social life. Their participation easily becomes exploitation in the context of consumer culture. The tradition of the common good within Christianity moves communities toward practices of resistance and transformation to this culture in a spirit of solidarity with children.
Physical Description:1 online resource (158 pages)
ISBN:9780739141922
0739141929
9780739129470
0739129473
9781282495845
1282495844
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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