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Contemporary Collaborative Consumption

Trust and Reciprocity Revisited

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  • © 2018

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Editors:
  1. Isabel Cruz

    1. Matosinhos, Portugal

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  2. Rafaela Ganga

    1. University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

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  3. Stefan Wahlen

    1. Wageningen University , Wageningen, The Netherlands

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  • Critical approach to contemporary collaborative consumption
  • European case studies of collaborative consumption
  • Innovative insights into collaborative consumption

Part of the book series: Kritische Verbraucherforschung (KV)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-X
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  2. Contemporary collaborative consumption: An introduction

    • Isabel Cruz, Rafaela Ganga, Stefan Wahlen
    Pages 1-15

  3. Reciprocity in the sharing economy: the case for time banking platforms

    • Davide Arcidiacono
    Pages 17-33

  4. Collective representation on collaborative economy platforms

    • Mikko Laamanen, Marcos Barros, Gazi Islam
    Pages 35-56

  5. “Foodsharing”: Reflecting on individualized collective action in a collaborative consumption community organisation

    • Stefan Wahlen
    Pages 57-75

  6. Riding free-riders? A study of the phenomenon of BlaBlaCar in Italy

    • Francesca Setiffi, Gian Paolo Lazzer
    Pages 77-96

  7. The sharing economy and young people: an exploratory research project

    • Ariela Mortara, Geraldina Roberti
    Pages 97-129

  8. Collaborative consumption and trust-building processes in the emerging new food economy

    • Roberta Paltrinieri, Stefano Spillare
    Pages 131-152

  9. Shared use and owning of clothes: borrow, steal or inherit

    • Ingun Grimstad Klepp, Kirsi Laitala
    Pages 153-177

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 179-182
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About this book

This book provides critical perspectives on contemporary collaborative consumption, a recent societal phenomenon shaking up previously fixed socio-economic categories such as the producer and the consumer. The contributors discuss the role of trust and reciprocity in collaborative consumption through seven case studies. The chapters advance debates on the contradictions of positioning collaborative consumption as possible solutions for a more sustainable development and exacerbating new forms of inequalities and injustice. The book contributes a nuanced appraisal of social and economic activity for reflecting socio-technological changes in contemporary societies.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Matosinhos, Portugal

    Isabel Cruz

  • University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

    Rafaela Ganga

  • Wageningen University , Wageningen, The Netherlands

    Stefan Wahlen

About the editors

Isabel Cruz, Institute of Sociology at the Faculty of Letters at the University of Porto.

Rafaela Ganga, Research Associate at the Institute of Cultural Capital (ICC) at the University of Liverpool and Liverpool John Moores University.

Stefan Wahlen, Assistant Professor for "Consumption Governance" at the Sociology of Consumption and Households group at Wageningen University.


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