Title Social change and the coming of post-consumer society : theoretical advances and policy implications / edited by Maurie J. Cohen, Halina Szejnwald Brown and Philip J. Vergragt

Published Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2017

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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 224 pages) : illustrations Series Routledge studies in sustainable consumption Routledge studies in sustainable consumption. Contents pt. I. Consumption and social change : an introductory discussion and synthetic framework -- pt. II. Niches of social innovation -- pt. III. Post-consumerist transitions -- pt. IV. Social change toward post-consumer society Summary Consumer society is an unquestionably complex social construct. However, after decades of unremitting dominance there are signs emerging that it is starting to falter, both as a coherent and durable system of social organization and as a strategy for societal advancement. Debates concerning how we can transition beyond present energy- and materials-intensive consumer society are beginning to gain greater salience. Social Change and the Coming of Post-Consumer Society aims to develop more complete appreciation of the relevant processes of social change and to identify effective interventions that could enable a transition to supersede consumer society. Bringing together leading interdisciplinary experts on social change, the book identifies and analyzes several ongoing small- and modest-scale social experiments. Possibilities for macro-scale change from the interlinked perspectives of culture, economics, finance, and governance are then explored. These contributions expose the systemic problems that are emblematic of the current condition of consumer society, specifically the unsustainability of prevailing consumption practices and lifestyles and the persistence of inequalities. These observations are summarized and extended in the final chapter of the book. This volume will be of great interest to students and scholars of sustainable consumption, sustainability transitions, environmental sociology, and sustainable development Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 10, 2017) Subject Consumers. Consumption (Economics) -- Social aspects Social change. consumers. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture. Consumers Consumption (Economics) -- Social aspects Social change Form Electronic book Author Cohen, Maurie J., editor. Brown, Halina Szejnwald, editor. Vergragt, Philip, editor. ISBN 9781317246213 1317246217 9781315630168 1315630168 9781315630168 9781317246190 1317246195 9781317246206 1317246209

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