Drawing on Butler's theoretical background, research on the ethics of violence has focused
on the importance of dominant society-wide schemes and norms in building individuals' …

Theoretically based on public service logic, this study investigates value co-creation
processes at the micro level. It explores the connections between responsibilization, value …

This is an ethnography among poor migrants from Kerala, India to the Middle East. This
study offers insights into how the poor accumulate sacrificial money through sufferings and …

The rising awareness of climate challenges and resource constraints has strengthened
interest in the circular economy (CE), characterized as an economic system aimed to …

Transformative Service Research (TSR) highlights the fundamental importance of resource
integration for consumer well-being. However, recent research suggests that resource …

The improvement of well-being in society has moved away from centralized and government-
led configurations to more market-based and individual solutions, where consumers are …

This chapter reflects on the possibility of vulnerability as praxis in studies of social suffering.
Drawing on research examining the community-based palliative care movement in Kerala, I …

We explore the temporalities that shape and alleviate serious health-related suffering
among those with chronic and terminal conditions in Kerala, India. Drawing on ethnographic …

Convention theory understands social policy as dynamic, as a series of constantly changing
compromises between conflicting social values. This conflict is not merely between those …

This paper explains how disadvantaged consumers challenge their subjugated positioning
through self-discipline, recursive reflexivity and narration. Although it is possible to interpret …