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Power and politics in sustainable consumption research and practice

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posted on 2023-06-09, 16:26 authored by Cindy Isenhour, Lucie Middlemiss, Mari MartiskainenMari Martiskainen
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.

Funding

Research Centre on Innovation and Energy Demand; G1020; RCUK-RESEARCH COUNCILS UK; EP/K011790/1

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Publication status

  • Published

Publisher

Routledge

Pages

224.0

ISBN

9781138056206

Series

Routledge-SCORAI Studies in Sustainable Consumption

Department affiliated with

  • SPRU - Science Policy Research Unit Publications

Research groups affiliated with

  • The Sussex Energy Group Publications

Notes

his is an edited book edited by Cindy Isenhour, Lucie Middlemiss, Mari Martiskainen

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  • No

Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Editors

Cindy Isenhour, Lucie Middlemiss, Mari Martiskainen

Legacy Posted Date

2019-01-09

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