This volume presents empirical and theoretical illustrations of the various means through which politics and power influence (un)sustainable consumption practices, policies and perspectives. The authors discuss why current efforts have largely failed to meet environmental targets and explore promising directions for research, policy and practice.
This volume presents empirical and theoretical illustrations of the various means through which politics and power influence (un)sustainable consumption practices, policies and perspectives. The authors discuss why current efforts have largely failed to meet environmental targets and explore promising directions for research, policy and practice.
Cindy Isenhour is Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology and in the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine, USA. Mari Martiskainen is a Research Fellow at Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU), University of Sussex, UK Lucie Middlemiss is Associate Professor in Sustainability, and Co-director of the Sustainability Research Institute, in the School of Earth and Environment at the University of Leeds, UK.
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List of Figures List of Tables Author Biographies Introduction Power, Politics and Unsustainable Consumption Lucie Middlemiss, Cindy Isenhour, Mari Martiskainen Section I: On Political Economy and Sustainable Consumption 1. A Consuming Globalism: On Power and the Post-Paris Agreement Politics of Climate and Consumption Cindy Isenhour 2. Practice Does Not Make Perfect: Sustainable Consumption, Practice Theory and the Question of Power Dennis Soron 3. Sources of Power for Sustainable Consumption: Where to Look Doris Fuchs, Sylvia Lorek, Antonietta Di Giulio, Rico Defila Section II: On Governmentality and the Notion of the Subject in Sustainable Consumption 4. Pro-environmental Behaviour Change and Governmentality: Counter-Conduct and the Making up of Environmental Individuals Tom Hargreaves 5. Freedom, Autonomy and Sustainable Behaviours: The Politics of Designing Consumer Choice Tobias Gumbert 6. The 'Double Dividend' Discourse in Sustainable Consumption: A Critical Commentary Lucie Middlemiss, David Wingate and Anna Wesselink Section III: On the Politics of Identity and Difference in Sustainable Consumption 7. Housing as a Function of Consumption and Production in the United Kingdom Mari Martiskainen 8. Power and Politics in the (Work-Life) Balance: A Mixed Methods Evaluation of the Risks and Rewards of Downshifting Jacob Hammond & Emily Huddart Kennedy 9. Who Participates in Community-Based Sustainable Consumption Projects and Why Does It Matter? A Constructively Critical Approach Manisha Anantharaman, Emily Huddart Kennedy, Lucie Middlemiss and Sarah Bradbury Index
List of Figures List of Tables Author Biographies Introduction Power, Politics and Unsustainable Consumption Lucie Middlemiss, Cindy Isenhour, Mari Martiskainen Section I: On Political Economy and Sustainable Consumption 1. A Consuming Globalism: On Power and the Post-Paris Agreement Politics of Climate and Consumption Cindy Isenhour 2. Practice Does Not Make Perfect: Sustainable Consumption, Practice Theory and the Question of Power Dennis Soron 3. Sources of Power for Sustainable Consumption: Where to Look Doris Fuchs, Sylvia Lorek, Antonietta Di Giulio, Rico Defila Section II: On Governmentality and the Notion of the Subject in Sustainable Consumption 4. Pro-environmental Behaviour Change and Governmentality: Counter-Conduct and the Making up of Environmental Individuals Tom Hargreaves 5. Freedom, Autonomy and Sustainable Behaviours: The Politics of Designing Consumer Choice Tobias Gumbert 6. The 'Double Dividend' Discourse in Sustainable Consumption: A Critical Commentary Lucie Middlemiss, David Wingate and Anna Wesselink Section III: On the Politics of Identity and Difference in Sustainable Consumption 7. Housing as a Function of Consumption and Production in the United Kingdom Mari Martiskainen 8. Power and Politics in the (Work-Life) Balance: A Mixed Methods Evaluation of the Risks and Rewards of Downshifting Jacob Hammond & Emily Huddart Kennedy 9. Who Participates in Community-Based Sustainable Consumption Projects and Why Does It Matter? A Constructively Critical Approach Manisha Anantharaman, Emily Huddart Kennedy, Lucie Middlemiss and Sarah Bradbury Index
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