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After 50 Years, It Is Time to Talk about Value Hierarchy and Inequality

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  • Lez E Trujillo-Torres
  • Benét DeBerry-Spence
  • Sonya A Grier
  • Søren Askegaard

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This research enriches the field’s perspective on value and argues that to seriously address inequality during the next 50 years, consumer research must explore processual aspects of value hierarchy and consider its relationship to inequality. Doing so recognizes the duality of structures as embodying outcomes and agency, as well as the need to view value not only as what it is but also as what it does. To begin to address limitations in the literature, we use empirical evidence from an investigation of the cancer care market from 1970 to 2021 to understand how value hierarchy shapes and manifests as inequality. This is conceptualized as: distribution of multilevel resources, consolidation of consumer power, stratification of consumer agency, and (de)credentialization of worthiness. Building on each of these, we discuss a research agenda for future JCR inquiries and introduce “value hierarchy as inequality” as a big-tent issue for consumer research.

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  • Lez E Trujillo-Torres & Benét DeBerry-Spence & Sonya A Grier & Søren Askegaard, 2024. "After 50 Years, It Is Time to Talk about Value Hierarchy and Inequality," Journal of Consumer Research, Journal of Consumer Research Inc., vol. 51(1), pages 79-90.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:jconrs:v:51:y:2024:i:1:p:79-90.
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    Cited by:

    1. June Cotte, 2024. "Conversations on Society and Culture," Journal of Consumer Research, Journal of Consumer Research Inc., vol. 51(1), pages 52-55.
    2. Andrew T Stephen, 2024. "Keeping Up and Staying Fresh: Reflections on Studying Emerging Topics in Consumer Research," Journal of Consumer Research, Journal of Consumer Research Inc., vol. 51(1), pages 114-118.

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