Aimed at both graduate and undergraduate students majoring in business administration and in other fields of social sciences, Qualitative Marketing Research unpacks the emerging cultural approach in the field of marketing and consumer research and provides an interesting and informed study for anyone interested in cultural approaches to economic and social theory.

Aimed at both graduate and undergraduate students majoring in business administration and in other fields of social sciences, Qualitative Marketing Research unpacks the emerging cultural approach in the field of marketing and consumer research and provides an interesting and informed study for anyone interested in cultural approaches to economic and social theory. The book also provides insights for MBA students and other business professionals who work in the field of marketing, advertising, media planning and qualitative market research, offering methodological resources for keeping...

Global warming has recently been pinpointed as an urgent challenge for environmental policy-makers and social marketers all over the world. In much of the academic literature on the topic, problems and solutions are conceptualized and framed in terms of individual choice. Ecologically minded green consumers are expected to function as a powerful market force, pushing society toward sustainable development.
This book problematizes such individualistic ideas and sets out to rethink social marketing as a scholarly project. It argues that the ways in which consumers and consumption-related social...