TOC: The Twenty-First Cent Consumer
Introduction
The 21st Century Consumer: Vulnerable, Responsible, Transparent?
Science for a good consumer policy: CECORE and ICCR – a North Rhine-Westphalian initiative
Christian Bala and Wolfgang Schuldzinski
The road to the twenty-fist-century consumer: A historical perspective
Frank Trentmann
Part 1
Consumer Behaviour
29 Introduction
Kathrin Loer and Birgit Weber
Nudging the government: How open data can be used to make behavioural governance work both ways
Ulrich Greveler
Exploring consumers’ fiancial fragility in Europe: Over-indebtedness, rainy day funds and the role of fiancial literacy
Gianni Nicolini
Identifying the strategic conditions to develop and strengthen sustainable social innovations as enablers of sustainable living through participatory processes
Georgina Guillen-Hanson
Socio-economic heterogeneity as a challenge for consumer education in general education schools
Ulrike Danier
Part 2
Consumer Data
Introduction Remi Maier-Rigaud and Ulrich Greveler
The scored consumer: Privacy and big data Walter Peissl and Jaro Krieger-Lamina
Precious people: How digital alchemy transforms us into vulnerable consumers
Stefan Selke
Nudging towards a healthier life? Conceptualising the role of health apps and wearables between empowerment and manipulation
Remi Maier-Rigaud and Sarah-Lena Böning
Part 3
Sustainable Consumption
Introduction
Christa Liedtke and Reinhard Loske
Consumption corridors as a means for overcoming trends in (un)sustainable consumption
Doris Fuchs
Buying green in times of social insecurity: The effects of insecure employment on the purchase of organic food
Torsten Masson and Ortrud Leßmann
Anti-consumption beliefs among the Swedish general public
Jonas Nässén
Second-hand consumption as a lifestyle choice
Adrienne Steffen
Part 4
Alternative Consumption
Introduction
Wiltrud Terlau and Darya Hirsch
Political consumerism: Part of slaktivism and adhocracy?
Michele Micheletti
The well-fed consumer: Sustainable and healthy food
Christoph Klotter
The second-curve model: A promising framework for ethical consumption? Veganism as a case study.
Estela Díaz
Companies’ monetary benefis from consumer social responsibility
Friederike Paetz and Daniel Guhl
Prosumption among young consumers: Some research insights from Poland
Maciej Mitre?ga and Agnieszka Malecka
The responsible, sharing consumer: A closer look at the motivation of potential private durable goods’ suppliers in the sharing economy
Vita Zimmermann and Michael Schleusener
The costs of a healthy diet
Thomas Brunner