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Boycott and Buycott as Emerging Modes of Civic Engagement

Boycott and Buycott as Emerging Modes of Civic Engagement

Emmanuel Adugu
Copyright: © 2014 |Volume: 1 |Issue: 3 |Pages: 16
ISSN: 2328-5494|EISSN: 2328-5508|EISBN13: 9781466653214|DOI: 10.4018/ijcesc.2014070104
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Adugu, Emmanuel. "Boycott and Buycott as Emerging Modes of Civic Engagement." IJCESC vol.1, no.3 2014: pp.43-58. http://doi.org/10.4018/ijcesc.2014070104

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Adugu, E. (2014). Boycott and Buycott as Emerging Modes of Civic Engagement. International Journal of Civic Engagement and Social Change (IJCESC), 1(3), 43-58. http://doi.org/10.4018/ijcesc.2014070104

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Adugu, Emmanuel. "Boycott and Buycott as Emerging Modes of Civic Engagement," International Journal of Civic Engagement and Social Change (IJCESC) 1, no.3: 43-58. http://doi.org/10.4018/ijcesc.2014070104

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Abstract

Citizens in post-industrialized societies such as the United States are becoming dissatisfied with some public policy decisions on the provisioning of food, prompting engagement in buycotts and boycotts as means to influence policy change. Such politically motivated consumptive behavior with social change motives is referred as political consumption. Using data from Ohio 2007 Survey of Food, Farming and the Environment, this research examines the attitudinal and demographic correlates of engagement in buycott and boycott. Findings reveal that engagement in boycott and buycott are shaped by food safety concern and knowledge of food production respectively. Both boycott and buycott behaviors are positively associated with conventional political action and organic labels. Those with greater political efficacy and high incomes are more likely to engage in buycott. These emerging forms of consumer-oriented political engagement may constitute an important force in setting the agenda for social change with respect to the issues targeted.

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