“We are not here just to shop differently, but to live differently.” Citizens or critical consumers? Politicizing consumption through emerging cooperatives

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18616/rdsd.v11i2.10061

Keywords:

critical consumption, citizenship, cooperatives, solidarity economy

Abstract

This article explores how consumer cooperatives in Chile serve as collective spaces that reframe consumption practices as forms of political action. Through a case study in the city of Talca, it analyzes the mechanisms through which consumption becomes collectivized, reflective, and politicized, challenging the individualized figure of the "consumer-citizen" that prevails in neoliberal contexts.

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Alejandro Marambio-Tapia, Universidad de Chile

Doctor en Sociología. 

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Published

2025-12-11

How to Cite

MARAMBIO-TAPIA, Alejandro. “We are not here just to shop differently, but to live differently.” Citizens or critical consumers? Politicizing consumption through emerging cooperatives. Revista Desenvolvimento Socioeconômico em Debate, [S. l.], v. 11, n. 2, p. 52–68, 2025. DOI: 10.18616/rdsd.v11i2.10061. Disponível em: https://periodicos.unesc.net/ojs/index.php/RDSD/article/view/10061. Acesso em: 15 may. 2026.

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Vol. 11 No. 2 (2025): Debates en torno al cooperativismo en América Latina en el año internacional declarado por las Naciones Unidas

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Dossiês Temáticos

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