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social science subjects > politics and international relations > government and politics > politics > economic consumers
social science subjects > politics and international relations > political science > politics > economic consumers
... > social science subjects > business and management > organization studies > organization studies encyc > organizational power, politics, and conflict > politics > economic consumers
... > social science subjects > sociology > environmental, urban and regional sociology > environmental sociology > politics > economic consumers

Preferred term

economic consumers  

Definition

  • The origin of understanding of consumers and consumption derives from the microeconomic frameworks first constructed in the 19th century. This economic viewpoint depends on the concepts of utility and rational thought. [Source: Encyclopedia of Environment and Society; Consumers, Economic]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-LFMCKS8D-J

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