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TheGlobalCitizenConsumerism,LifestylePolitics,and…munication:LifestylePolitics,LogoCampaigns,andtheRiseofGlobalCitizenship,(ChapterinMicheleMicheletti,AndreasFollesdal,andDietlindStolle,eds.,,.:TransactionBooks,ing).Thescopeofpoliticalconsumerismhasexpandedgreatlyinrecentyearsbeyondthewell-establishedformsofboycotts,(Scammell,2000;tandEntman,2000).Consumerisminthesenseofmorepersonalized,ingthecoreoftherelationshipsbetweencitizens,representatives,andgovernmentsintheelectoralpoliticsofanumberofnations(Scammell,1995;BlumlerandKavanagh,1999).Outsidetheelectoralarena,theexpandingusesofconsumercampaignsaretransformingpublicinterestpoliticsbyapplyingdirectpublicpressureongovernmentofficialsandcorporationstoadopthigherenvironmental,humanrights,,theglobalizationofeconomicand,,UniversityofWashington(******@),Director,municationandCivicEngagement(),,alongwithothertactics,ountabilityintraderegimes,laborpractices,humanrights,environmentalquality,,,(citizen)identitieschangeasglobaleconomiescreatenewpersonalchallengesformanagingcareers,socialrelationships,,