ABSTRACT

The globalization of marketing has brought about an interesting paradox: as the discipline becomes more global, the need to understand cultural differences becomes all the more crucial. This is the challenge in an increasingly international marketplace and a problem that the world's most powerful businesses must solve. From this challenge has grown the exciting discipline of ethnic marketing, which seeks to understand the considerable opportunities and challenges presented by cultural and ethnic diversity in the marketplace.

To date, scholarship in the area has been lively but disparate. This volume brings together cutting-edge research on ethnic marketing from thought leaders across the world. Each chapter covers a key theme, reflecting the increasing diversity of the latest research, including models of culture change, parenting and socialization, responses to web and advertising, role of space and social innovation in ethnic marketing, ethnic consumer decision making, religiosity, differing attitudes to materialism, acculturation, targeting and ethical and public policy issues.

The result is a solid framework and a comprehensive reference point for consumer researchers, students, and practitioners. 

part I|13 pages

Why ethnic marketing?

part II|51 pages

Processes of ethnic cultural change, socialization and technology

chapter 2|19 pages

Models of culture change

chapter 3|15 pages

Ethnic youth

Parental style and consumer socialization

part III|66 pages

Identity, space and ethnic entrepreneurship

part IV|49 pages

Globalization, religion and materialism

part VI|51 pages

Advertising

part VII|33 pages

Ethical and public policy issues in ethnic marketing

chapter 20|15 pages

Ethnic marketing

Public policy issues