This book is the most comprehensive and up-to-date source of information about ways in which consumer activism has reshaped the economic and political well-being of citizens in the United States and around the world.
· Provides the single most comprehensive source available of information about consumer activism and advocacy
· Shows how activism has influenced laws and regulations affecting more than 40 consumer issues
· Shares personal accounts from activists about their work on these issues
· Details information on U.S. national consumer organizations and many state and local consumer groups, including their goals, strategies, leaders, finances, and impact
· Offers insights into the ways consumer activist groups have interacted with other nonprofits, policymakers, regulators, and business groups
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Consumer activism led to the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Stephen Brobeck, PhD, has been executive director of the Consumer Federation of America since 1980.
Robert N. Mayer, PhD, is professor and department chair in the Department of Family and Consumer Studies at the University of Utah.
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