Getting real about consumer poverty: Deep processes for transformative action. Issue 3 (9th September 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hutton, Martina; Corus, Canan; Dorsey, Joshua; Minton, Elizabeth; Roux, Caroline; Blocker, Christopher P.; Zhang, Jonathan Z.
• Is Part Of: Journal of consumer affairs. Volume 56:Issue 3(2022)
• Page Start: 1332
• Page End: 1355
• Publication Date: 2022-09-09
• Subjects: complex causations -- consumer poverty -- critical realism -- deep policy -- destitution -- generative structures -- in‐work poverty -- stratified realities -- transformative consumer research; Consumer education -- Periodicals; Consumers -- Periodicals; 381.33
• DOI: 10.1111/joca.12479
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0022-0078

Abstract

Abstract: To uncover pathways for understanding and alleviating poverty, this paper offers an alternative approach for examining the real and unseen processes of destitution and in‐work poverty which shape the lives of consumers. We apply a critical realist paradigm structured around three core tenets— stratified realities, complex causations and generative structures —to surface the nuanced complexities of these issues. A critical realist lens encourages impact by focusing on the deep causes of enduring social problems and provides transformative consumer research scholars with an integrative way to work toward transformative policy action.