Innovations in Sustainable Consumption

New Economics, Socio-technical Transitions and Social Practices

AvMaurie J. Cohen,Halina Szejnwald Brown

Häftad, Engelska, 2014

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Beskrivning

This timely volume recognizes that traditional policy approaches to reduce human impacts on the environment through technological change - for example, emphasizing resource efficiency and the development of renewable energy sources - are insufficient to meet the most pressing sustainability challenges of the twenty-first century. Instead, the editors and contributors argue that we must fundamentally reconfigure our lifestyles and social institutions if we are to make the transition toward a truly sustainable future.These expert contributions pinpoint specific areas in which innovation will be required. These include economic policies, socio-technical systems of production and consumption, and dominant social practices. Drawing on these and other diverse areas of scholarship, this fascinating book highlights new conceptual frameworks for achieving the twin sustainability goals of decreased resource use and enhanced individual and societal well-being.Students, professors and policymakers in ecological economics, innovation studies, environmental policy and many other related fields will find much of interest in this pathbreaking volume.Contributors: M.M. Bell, H.S. Brown, M.J. Cohen, B. Halkier, J.M. Harris, D.J. Hess, S. Hielscher, R. Kemp, E. Kennedy, H. Krahn, N.T. Krogman, S.M. McCauley, I. Røpke, G. Seyfang, A. Smith, G. Spaargaren, J.C. Stephens, J. Stutz, E. Ubert, H. van Lente, P.J. Vergragt

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2014-04-30
Mått:156 x 234 x undefined mm
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Advances in Ecological Economics series
Förlag:Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN:9781782540243

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Miljövetenskap och miljöpolitik inom Naturvetenskap och teknik

Mer om författaren

Edited by Maurie J. Cohen, Professor of Sustainability Studies, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, New Jersey Institute of Technology, US, Halina Szejnwald Brown, Professor of Environmental Science and Policy, Clark University, US and Philip J. Vergragt, Fellow, Tellus Institute and Research Professor, Clark University, US

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‘This book captures some of the more innovative thinking on “sustainable consumption” being discussed today, offering an excellent starting point for researchers, practitioners and policy-makers interested in new approaches to understanding sustainable consumption. The contributors come together to offer a stimulating discussion around three novel perspectives, but also a basis for future research that might further integrate these approaches.’

Innehållsförteckning

Contents:Preface1. Societal Innovation in a Constrained World: Theoretical and Empirical PerspectivesHalina Szejnwald Brown, Philip J. Vergragt, and Maurie J. CohenPART I: NEW ECONOMICS2. The Macroeconomics of Development Without Throughput GrowthJonathan M. Harris3. Ecological Macroeconomics: Implications for the Roles of Consumer-CitizensInge Røpke4. Going for a Better LifeJohn Stutz5. Welcome to the Consumption Line: Sustainability, Social Organization and the Wage-Price GapEmanuel Ubert and Michael M. BellPART II: SOCIO-TECHNICAL TRANSITIONS6. The Dual Challenge of Sustainability Transitions: Different Trajectories and CriteriaRené Kemp and Harro van Lente7. Grassroots Innovations for Sustainable Energy: Exploring Niche-Development Processes Among Community-Energy InitiativesSabine Hielscher, Gill Seyfang and Adrian Smith8. Sustainable Consumption, Energy and Failed Transitions: The Problem of AdaptationDavid J. Hess9. Clusters in Transition: Analysis of a Sustainable Energy-Cluster Initiative in Worcester, Massachusetts, USAJennie C. Stephens and Stephen M. McCauleyPART III: SOCIAL PRACTICE THEORIES10. Sustainable Lifestyles in a New Economy: A Practice Theoretical Perspective on Change Behavior Campaigns and Sustainability IssuesBente Halkier11. The Cultural Dimension of Sustainable Consumption Practices: An Exploration in Theory and PolicyGert Spaargaren12. Taking Social Practice Theories on the Road: A Mixed-Methods Case Study of Sustainable TransportationEmily Kennedy, Harvey Krahn and Naomi T. KrogmanIndex