Getting real about consumer poverty: Deep processes for transformative action

To uncover pathways for understanding and alleviating poverty, this paper offers an alternative approach for examining the real and unseen processes of destitution and in‐work poverty which shape the lives of consumers. We apply a critical realist paradigm structured around three core tenets—stratif...

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Published in:The Journal of consumer affairs 2022-10, Vol.56 (3), p.1332-1355
Main Authors: Hutton, Martina, Corus, Canan, Dorsey, Joshua, Minton, Elizabeth, Roux, Caroline, Blocker, Christopher P., Zhang, Jonathan Z.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
complex causations
consumer poverty
Consumers
Critical realism
deep policy
destitution
generative structures
in‐work poverty
Poverty
Social problems
stratified realities
transformative consumer research
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Summary:To uncover pathways for understanding and alleviating poverty, this paper offers an alternative approach for examining the real and unseen processes of destitution and in‐work poverty which shape the lives of consumers. We apply a critical realist paradigm structured around three core tenets—stratified realities, complex causations and generative structures—to surface the nuanced complexities of these issues. A critical realist lens encourages impact by focusing on the deep causes of enduring social problems and provides transformative consumer research scholars with an integrative way to work toward transformative policy action.
ISSN:0022-0078
1745-6606
DOI:10.1111/joca.12479