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Special Section: Celebrating Failure: A path towards opening up disciplinary debate

Is consumerism only what Philip Kotler says it is? A decolonial analysis on failures, hierarchies, and exclusions

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Pages 756-781 | Received 15 Oct 2021, Accepted 17 Apr 2023, Published online: 15 May 2023

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