Class, modernization and the consumer movement. Social designs for Belgium in the American century (1914-2000)

Klasse, modernisering en de consumentenbeweging. Een sociaal ontwerp voor Belgiƫ in de Amerikaanse eeuw (1014-2000)
Start - End 
2012 - 2016 (completed)
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Department of History
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Transnational advocacy
Modernization
Gender
Americanization
Welfare state
Consumer protection

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Abstract

This research project looks at consumer representation in the postwar period. It investigates how social movements put their grievances on behalf of the consumer on the table, in the context of the Cold War and the expanding welfare state.

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