Review: a multi-dimensional approach to the study of consumption in modern societies and the potential for radical sustainable changes : Part 4: Consumer perspective
In: System Innovation for Sustainability 1 2008 Mar 12 1(94):233-254; Jg. 1 (2008-03-12) 94, S. 233-254
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Sustainable consumption and production (SCP) was adopted as a priority area during the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg in 2002 and has since become one of the main vehicles for targeting international sustainability policy. Sustainable consumption focuses on formulating equitable strategies that foster the highest quality of life, the efficient use of natural resources, and the effective satisfaction of human needs while simultaneously promoting equitable social development, economic competitiveness, and technological innovation. But this is a complex topic and, as the challenges of sustainability grow larger, there is a need to re-imagine how SCP policies can be formulated, governed and implemented.System Innovation for Sustainability 1 is the first result of a unique positive confrontation between experts from all four communities. It examines what SCP is and what it could be, provides a state-of-the-art review on the governance of change in SCP policy and reviews current approaches.
This chapter addresses three central discourses in, or aspects of, the general field of consumption and the environment. It concerns (1) the relationship between needs and wants, (2) the tension between rational models of consumer behaviour and models based on routines and habits and (3) the question of political consumption. The aim is to develop a multi-dimensional understanding of the role of consumers and consumption in modern societies, relevant to the discussion on sustainable consumption. Further, this understanding will be used to develop a model for analysing and catalysing changes in a sustainable direction.Our main contribution comes from the perspective of the sociology of consumption, but we want to consider insights from economical and/or psychological traditions or paradigms in order to arrive at an integrated approach. We believe that the concept of the rational actor is necessary, but not sufficient to analyse environmentally relevant consumption practises. This might alienate economists as well as sociologists. The three discourses, however, all point to differences of approach between and within, for example, sociology and economics. Thus, interdisciplinary struggles over definitions and approaches are to be expected.
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Review: a multi-dimensional approach to the study of consumption in modern societies and the potential for radical sustainable changes : Part 4: Consumer perspective
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Tukker, Arnold [Ed.] ; Charter, Martin [Ed.] ; Vezzoli, Carlo [Ed.] ; Stø, Eivind [Ed.] ; Andersen, Maj Munch [Ed.] ; Eivind [Ed.] ; Harald [Ed.] ; Pål [Ed.] ; Gunnar [Ed.] |
Quelle: | System Innovation for Sustainability 1 2008 Mar 12 1(94):233-254; Jg. 1 (2008-03-12) 94, S. 233-254 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2008 |
Medientyp: | Buch |
ISBN: | 978-1-907643-36-1 (print) |
DOI: | 10.9774/GLEAF.978-1-907643-36-1_14 |
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