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Spring 2018
The intent of this dissertation is to understand the dilemmas of contemporary Ahousaht political economy in the context of settler colonialism and neoliberal capitalism. Our history with settler colonialism is one of dispossession, resistance, re-structuring, assimilation, as well as agency and...
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2017-10-01
SSHRC IG awarded 2018: Our goal is to build an understanding of how internet slang terms affect consumers in public (consumer-to-consumer) and commercial (firm-to-consumer) online communication. How does exposure to slang in online WOM impact consumers' product attitudes and purchase intentions?...
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The Political Economy of Animal Testing and Traceability in Response to Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSEs)
DownloadSpring 2015
Transmissible Spongifrom Encephalopathies (TSEs), which include bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in cattle and chronic wasting disease (CWD) in cervids, are associated with three possible risks. The risks of food safety outbreaks, the risks to economic benefits, and the risks to society's...
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2014-10-07
SSHRC Awarded IG 2015: The proposed work will examine three theoretically important, yet previously unexplored, linkages between experience with an emerging technology and lock-in to that technology but not to others. (1) The impact that repeated practice has on consumers' emotional attachment...
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2014-11-14
SSHRC Awarded PG 2015. Lead institution is the University of Victoria. UAlberta's Parkland Institute is a partner in the project. The intensifying development of Western Canada's fossil fuel resources has far-reaching implications for our economic and ecological wellbeing, the acceleration of...
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2014-10-06
SSHRC Awarded IG awarded 2015: We will explore how sharing-breadth influences consumers' emotions. We suggest that, compared to narrowcasting (sharing with few others), broadcasting (sharing with many others) changes the perspective, or the lens, through which consumers view their sharing, from...
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Fall 2012
This thesis offers conceptual means for a broadened approach to political economy by examining the reproductive role of consumption in advanced capitalist societies involved in the production of value and class struggle. I argue for a shift in the Marxist perspective, from reproduction of the...
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1997-09-01
Landon, Stuart, Smith, Constance E.
The absolute and relative impact of current quality and reputation variables on consumer decisions are examined using data from the market for Bordeaux wine. The estimates indicate that a model of consumer decision making which incorporates information on reputation (past quality) and collective...