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| Author: | Dolores, M. Lopez, M-L. |
| Title: | Consumption and modernization in the European Union |
| Journal: | European sociological review
2011 : FEB, VOL. 27:1, p. 124-137 |
| Index terms: | European Union household economics consumption theories |
| Freeterms: | modernization |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | This article aims at comparing household consumption (henceforth as: cnt.) patterns of the 27 countries of the European Union (EU) with their evolution from 1998 to 2005. It is the intent to know if there is a general tendency uncovered in the cnt. and whether cnt. is related to recent theories of modernization, according to which modernization produces convergence, equality, and individuation. The distribution of the countries leads to the conclusion that not merely the economy explains the found differences. In addition, there are other influences of a historical-cultural nature affecting household cnt. |
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