Download or read book Consumption, Globalization and Development written by J. James and published by Springer. This book was released on 2000-04-19 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is concerned with the complexities of the relationship between globalization and different groups of consumers in developing countries. Globalization, it is argued, can yield frustration and disappointment as well as welfare gains for consumers; it may, but does not necessarily, displace local products and via the rapid recent expansion of the mass media, it offers policy-makers new opportunities to deal with acute social problems.