The Consumer Movement

The Consumer Movement
Author: Robert N. Mayer
Publisher: Macmillan Reference USA
Total Pages: 216
Release: 1989
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

Analyzing the consumer movement from sociological, economic, and political perspectives, Mayer argues that American consumer activists have successfully shaped public policy despite formidable obstacles. He details the history of consumer activism in the United States, looks at significant leaders, and examines the key components of the present movement. He measures its successes and failures, compares it with movements in other countries, shows how shrewd political maneuvering has combined with fortuitous circumstances to bring about legislation in the interest of consumers, and foresees the problems and issues that will spark the next wave of consumerism. ISBN 0-8057-9718-1 (alk. Paper): $25.95.

Encyclopedia of the Consumer Movement

Encyclopedia of the Consumer Movement
Author: Stephen Brobeck
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Total Pages: 704
Release: 1997-11
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

A reference for the consumer movement, this book sets out information covering subjects like movement-related institutions in a historical framework. Leaders, activities, and impacts are covered, with particular attention given to the laws and regulations intended to protect consumers

The Modern Consumer Movement

The Modern Consumer Movement
Author: Stephen Brobeck
Publisher: Boston, Mass. : G.K. Hall
Total Pages: 326
Release: 1990
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

An annotated guide that describes nearly a 1000 sources on the sonsumer movement.

An Aware Consumer

An Aware Consumer
Author: B.Vaidyanathan
Publisher: Notion Press
Total Pages: 134
Release: 2017-08-30
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1947498290

Mr. B.Vaidyanathan, a Chemical Engineer by profession, and Chief Mentor, Consumer Protection Council, Rourkela, has been associated with the Indian consumer movement, for well over 30 years and has many achievements to his credit, apart from organising a voluntary consumer organisation in the tribal belt of Odisha. His single handed initiative through the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC), against the short-filling of cooking gas refills, resulted in the upgradation of 184 LPG bottling plants of the three Public Sector Oil Companies, M/s IOCL, BPCL and HPCL. Towards this upgradation, the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Govt. of India, had to spend over Rs. 300 crores. The mute point is that this upgradation has brought relief to crores of unsuspecting housewives from Kashmir to Kanyakumari. Though the Supreme Court failed to deliver justice, in terms of compensation and punitive damages payable to a voluntary consumer organisation and to the Consumer Welfare Fund, as prescribed in the Consumer Protection Act, his determined zeal to pursue the matter till the filing of the Curative Petition and thereafter, should be an inspiration for all those young people, who have the nerves and the commitment to pursue social goals. Mr. Vaidyanathan has shared his varied experiences in this book, which is a must read not only for the interesting cases narrated therein, but a motivational story, led by an example of ‘Never Say Die’. This narrative has been made all the more interesting by sharing informative experiences relating to important consultative bodies and how the activists need to work to ensure delivery and what the government needs to do to protect the consumers better.

Consumer Affairs and Customer Care

Consumer Affairs and Customer Care
Author: Sri Ram Khanna
Publisher: Prowess Publishing
Total Pages: 695
Release: 2020-09-21
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 8194672953

The subject of this book explains the social framework of consumer rights and legal framework of protecting consumer rights that has evolved in India over the last three decades. It also explains the momentous changes in Indian consumer markets over this period as a result of economic liberalisation and provides an understanding of the problems consumers face in markets and the consumer detriment there from. It analyses the buying behavior of consumers as well as the phenomena of consumer complaints and the processes and systems to address them. The development of the consumer jurisprudence in settling consumer disputes in consumer courts under the Consumers Protection Act of 1986 and 2019 is examined in detail. Leading cases are used to explain important concepts. It also addresses the role played by quality and standardization in the market place and the roles of different agencies in establishing product and service standards. The student should be able to comprehend the business firms’ interface with consumers and the consumer related regulatory and business environment for major consumer industries of India.

Consumer Politics in Postwar Japan

Consumer Politics in Postwar Japan
Author: Patricia L. Maclachlan
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Total Pages: 334
Release: 2002
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780231123464

This book examines Japan's postwar consumer protection movement, which, organized largely by housewives, led to the passage of basic consumer protection legislation in 1968. Macmillan points to the importance of activity at the local level, the role of minority parties, the limited utility of the courts, and the place of lawyers and academics in providing access to power.