Power and Politics in Sustainable Consumption Research and Practice (Routledge-SCORAI Studies in Sustainable Consumption)

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Synopsis
With growing awareness of environmental deterioration, atmospheric pollution and resource depletion, the last several decades have brought increased attention and scrutiny to global consumption levels. However, there are significant and well documented limitations associated with current efforts to encourage more sustainable consumption patterns, ranging from informational and time constraints to the highly individualizing effect of market-based participation. This volume, featuring essays solicited from experts engaged in sustainable consumption research from around the world, presents empirical and theoretical illustrations of the various means through which politics and power influence (un)sustainable consumption practices, policies and perspectives. With chapters on compelling topics including collective action, behaviour-change and the transition movement, the authors discuss why current efforts have largely failed to meet environmental targets and explore promising directions for research, policy and practice. Featuring contributions that will help the reader open up politics and power in ways that are accessible and productive and bridge the gaps with current approaches to sustainable consumption, this book will be of great interest to students and scholars of sustainable consumption and the politics of sustainability.
Copyright:
2019

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Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:
9781351677301
Related ISBNs:
9781315165509, 9781138056206, 9781138056206
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
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Copyrighted By:
selection and editorial matter, Cindy Isenhour, Mari Martiskainen and Lucie Middlemiss
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
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No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Science, Outdoors and Nature, Business and Finance, Earth Sciences, Politics and Government
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Bookshare Staff
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