Edited by Oksana Mont, Professor in Sustainable Consumption Governance, The International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE), Lund University, Sweden

'How can we ensure a sustainable and just way of life for the Earth's inhabitants now and into the future? This important and authoritative collection pulls no punches when setting out the scale and complexity of the task ahead. Instead it rallies with optimism and hope around the grand challenge facing this generation. This book will energise, inspire and provoke in equal measures, and is a touchstone for researchers of the future.'--Gill Seyfang, University of East Anglia, UK'This book has a fresh and challenging conceptualization of sustainable consumption governance. Leading scholars provide a powerful framing of a highly needed research agenda; which is necessary to support urgently needed action to curb consumption and promote sustainable lifestyles and livelihoods. Systemic transformations and degrowing the throw-away economy are urgently needed; and books like this may help to frame a common approach.'--Philip J. Vergragt, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands, and Founding Executive Board member, Sustainable Consumption Research and Action Initiative (SCORAI)

• Contents: Part I IntroductionI. Towards a Research Agenda for Sustainable Consumption GovernanceOksana Mont Part II Pre-conditions for sustainable consumption governance2. Why only strong sustainable consumption governance will make a differenceSylvia Lorek and Doris Fuchs3. Growth strategies and consumption patterns in transition: From Fordism to finance-driven capitalismMax Koch4. Quantifying environmental impacts of consumption – Implications for governanceArnold Tukker5. Challenges and research needs in evaluating the sustainability impacts of the sharing economy using input-output analysisAndrius Plepys and Jagdeep Singh Part III Alternative systems of provisioning and consuming 6. The role of business models for sustainable consumption: A pattern approachFlorian Lüdeke-Freund, Tobias Froese and Stefan Schaltegger7. An exploration of the significance of prosumption for sustainable consumption and its implications for sustainable consumption governanceMatthias Lehner 8. Putting the sharing economy into perspectiveKoen Frenken and Juliet SchorPart IV Policies and alternative governors of sustainable consumption 9. It is never too late to give up, or is it? Revisiting policies for sustainable consumptionCarl Dalhammar10. Editing out unsustainability from consumption: From information provision to nudging and social practice theoryEva Heiskanen and Senja Laakso11. The role of local governments in governing sustainable consumption and sharing citiesJenny Palm, Nora Smedby and Kes McCormick 12. From worktime reduction to a post-work future: Implications for sustainable consumption governanceMaurie J. CohenIndex

Edited by Oksana Mont, Professor in Sustainable Consumption Governance, The International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE), Lund University, Sweden

'How can we ensure a sustainable and just way of life for the Earth's inhabitants now and into the future? This important and authoritative collection pulls no punches when setting out the scale and complexity of the task ahead. Instead it rallies with optimism and hope around the grand challenge facing this generation. This book will energise, inspire and provoke in equal measures, and is a touchstone for researchers of the future.'--Gill Seyfang, University of East Anglia, UK'This book has a fresh and challenging conceptualization of sustainable consumption governance. Leading scholars provide a powerful framing of a highly needed research agenda; which is necessary to support urgently needed action to curb consumption and promote sustainable lifestyles and livelihoods. Systemic transformations and degrowing the throw-away economy are urgently needed; and books like this may help to frame a common approach.'--Philip J. Vergragt, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands, and Founding Executive Board member, Sustainable Consumption Research and Action Initiative (SCORAI)

• Contents: Part I IntroductionI. Towards a Research Agenda for Sustainable Consumption GovernanceOksana Mont Part II Pre-conditions for sustainable consumption governance2. Why only strong sustainable consumption governance will make a differenceSylvia Lorek and Doris Fuchs3. Growth strategies and consumption patterns in transition: From Fordism to finance-driven capitalismMax Koch4. Quantifying environmental impacts of consumption – Implications for governanceArnold Tukker5. Challenges and research needs in evaluating the sustainability impacts of the sharing economy using input-output analysisAndrius Plepys and Jagdeep Singh Part III Alternative systems of provisioning and consuming 6. The role of business models for sustainable consumption: A pattern approachFlorian Lüdeke-Freund, Tobias Froese and Stefan Schaltegger7. An exploration of the significance of prosumption for sustainable consumption and its implications for sustainable consumption governanceMatthias Lehner 8. Putting the sharing economy into perspectiveKoen Frenken and Juliet SchorPart IV Policies and alternative governors of sustainable consumption 9. It is never too late to give up, or is it? Revisiting policies for sustainable consumptionCarl Dalhammar10. Editing out unsustainability from consumption: From information provision to nudging and social practice theoryEva Heiskanen and Senja Laakso11. The role of local governments in governing sustainable consumption and sharing citiesJenny Palm, Nora Smedby and Kes McCormick 12. From worktime reduction to a post-work future: Implications for sustainable consumption governanceMaurie J. CohenIndex

Edited by Oksana Mont, Professor in Sustainable Consumption Governance, The International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE), Lund University, Sweden

'How can we ensure a sustainable and just way of life for the Earth's inhabitants now and into the future? This important and authoritative collection pulls no punches when setting out the scale and complexity of the task ahead. Instead it rallies with optimism and hope around the grand challenge facing this generation. This book will energise, inspire and provoke in equal measures, and is a touchstone for researchers of the future.'--Gill Seyfang, University of East Anglia, UK'This book has a fresh and challenging conceptualization of sustainable consumption governance. Leading scholars provide a powerful framing of a highly needed research agenda; which is necessary to support urgently needed action to curb consumption and promote sustainable lifestyles and livelihoods. Systemic transformations and degrowing the throw-away economy are urgently needed; and books like this may help to frame a common approach.'--Philip J. Vergragt, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands, and Founding Executive Board member, Sustainable Consumption Research and Action Initiative (SCORAI)

• Contents: Part I IntroductionI. Towards a Research Agenda for Sustainable Consumption GovernanceOksana Mont Part II Pre-conditions for sustainable consumption governance2. Why only strong sustainable consumption governance will make a differenceSylvia Lorek and Doris Fuchs3. Growth strategies and consumption patterns in transition: From Fordism to finance-driven capitalismMax Koch4. Quantifying environmental impacts of consumption – Implications for governanceArnold Tukker5. Challenges and research needs in evaluating the sustainability impacts of the sharing economy using input-output analysisAndrius Plepys and Jagdeep Singh Part III Alternative systems of provisioning and consuming 6. The role of business models for sustainable consumption: A pattern approachFlorian Lüdeke-Freund, Tobias Froese and Stefan Schaltegger7. An exploration of the significance of prosumption for sustainable consumption and its implications for sustainable consumption governanceMatthias Lehner 8. Putting the sharing economy into perspectiveKoen Frenken and Juliet SchorPart IV Policies and alternative governors of sustainable consumption 9. It is never too late to give up, or is it? Revisiting policies for sustainable consumptionCarl Dalhammar10. Editing out unsustainability from consumption: From information provision to nudging and social practice theoryEva Heiskanen and Senja Laakso11. The role of local governments in governing sustainable consumption and sharing citiesJenny Palm, Nora Smedby and Kes McCormick 12. From worktime reduction to a post-work future: Implications for sustainable consumption governanceMaurie J. CohenIndex