| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 249 pages) |
| Contents |
Consumption, environment and public policy / Joseph Murphy and Maurie J. Cohen -- The emergent environmental policy discourse on sustainable consumption / Maurie J. Cohen -- From production to consumption : environmental policy in the European Union / Joseph Murphy -- Liberal neutrality and consumption : the dispute over fur / Markku Oksanen -- Economics, ethics and green consumerism / Jouni Paavola -- Sustaining foods : organic consumption and the socio-ecological imaginary / David Goodman and Michael Goodman -- "Changing nature" : the consumption of space and the construction of nature on "the Mayan Riviera" / Michael Redclift -- Working for beans and refrigerators : learning about environmental policy from Mexican northern-border consumers / Josiah McC. Heyman -- Control and flow : rethinking the sociology, technology and politics of water consumption / Heather Chappells, Jan Selby and Elizabeth Shove -- Environmental concern and anti-consumerism in the self-concept : do they share the same basis? / Stephen Zavestoski -- Sustainable lifestyles : rethinking barriers and behaviour change / Kersty Hobson -- Sustainable consumption by design / Kate Fletcher, Emma Dewberry and Phillip Goggin -- Sustainable consumption : environmental policy and the social sciences / Joseph Murphy and Maurie J. Cohen |
| Summary |
Consumption and lifestyles in the world's richest countries are a significant cause of global environmental problems. Consumerism is increasingly recognized as a major drain on global resources and the search for sustainable consumption is emerging as a key policy issue. In this text, Joseph Murphy and Maurie Cohen have brought together an internationally recognized group of authors who critically examine this key area of policy debate. Through papers by Jouni Paavola, David Goodman, Michael Redclift, Elizabeth Shove and other authors, ""Exploring Sustainable Consumption"" addresses issues inc |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Consumption (Economics) -- Environmental aspects
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Environmental policy.
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environmental policy.
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Consumption (Economics) -- Environmental aspects
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Environmental policy
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Nachhaltigkeit
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Verbrauch
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Sozialwissenschaften
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Consumptiemaatschappij.
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Duurzame ontwikkeling.
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Milieubeleid.
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Sociaal-economische verandering.
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Consumo.
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Política ambiental.
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Desenvolvimento sustentável.
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Hållbar utveckling.
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Konsumtion -- ekonomiska aspekter.
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Konsumtion -- ekonomiska förhållanden.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Cohen, Maurie J.
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Murphy, Joseph, 1970-
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| ISBN |
9780080506180 |
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0080506186 |
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