Confronting Consumption

Name: Confronting Consumption
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ISBN: 9780262661287

ISBN-10: 0262661284

ISBN-13: 9780262661287

Edition: 2002

Authors: Thomas Princen, Michael Maniates, Ken Conca

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This volume places consumption at the center of debate by conceptualizing the 'consumption problem' and documenting diverse efforts to confront it. Together, the chapters propose 'cautious consuming' and 'better producing' as an activist and policy response to environmental problems.

Book details

List price: $40.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 6/21/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 415
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



Preface



Confronting Consumption




The Consumption Angle



Consumption and Its Externalities: Where Economy Meets Ecology




Individualization: Plant a Tree, Buy a Bike, Save the World?




Commoditization: Consumption Efficiency and an Economy of Care and Connection




Chains of Consumption



Distancing: Consumption and the Severing of Feedback




Consumption and Environment in a Global Economy




The Distancing of Waste: Overconsumption in a Global Economy




Environmentally Damaging Consumption: The Impact of American Markets on Tropical Ecosystems in the Twentieth Century




On the Ground



In Search of Consumptive Resistance: The Voluntary Simplicity Movement




Jamming Culture: Adbusters' Hip Media Campaign against Consumerism




Think Globally, Transact Locally: The Local Currency Movement and Green Political Economy




Caveat Certificatum: The Case of Forest Certification




Citizens or Consumers: The Home Power Movement as a New Practice of Technology




Conclusion: To Confront Consumption



Notes


Contributors


Index