02431nam a2200385Ia 4500 ocn659560431 OCoLC 20200709055300.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 100830s2009 mdu sb 001 0 eng d N$T N$T 9780739141922 (electronic bk.) 0739141929 (electronic bk.) (OCoLC)659560431 332616 (N$T) HF5415.32 .R64 2009eb 306.3 22 N$TA Roche, Mary M. Doyle. Children, consumerism, and the common good [electronic resource] / Mary M. Doyle Roche. Lanham : Lexington Books, c2009. 1 online resource (viii, 149 p.) Includes bibliographical references and index. Reading the signs of the times : consumer culture and the commercialization of childhood -- Children's rights and family values -- Children and the common good -- A model of resistance and transformation : the Cristo Rey story -- Conclusion : keeping Christmas well. "Children, Consumerism, and the Common Good explores the impact of consumer culture on the lives of children in the United States and globally, focusing on two phenomena: advertising to children and child labor. Christian communities have a critical role to ploy in securing the well-being of children and challenging the cultural trends that undermine that well-being. Exploring themes in the tradition of Catholic social teaching, Mary M. Doyle Roche argues that children have a claim on the fruits of our common life and should participate in that life according to their age and ability. Roche utilizes the principle of the common good to analyze children's participation in the market and suggests opportunities for resistance and transformation in the context of the consumerism that pervades everyday life."--Jacket. Description based on print version record. Advertising and children. Child labor. Electronic books. Print version: Roche, Mary M. Doyle. Children, consumerism, and the common good. Lanham : Lexington Books, c2009 9780739129470 (DLC) 2009022776 (OCoLC)373561456 NetLibrary http://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=332616 cpp1723AUTO 02 N$T 49920 49920