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Social Change and the Coming of Post-consumer Society - Theoretical Advances and Policy Implications (Paperback)
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Social Change and the Coming of Post-consumer Society - Theoretical Advances and Policy Implications (Paperback)
Series: Routledge-SCORAI Studies in Sustainable Consumption
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Consumer society is an unquestionably complex social construct.
However, after decades of unremitting dominance there are signs
emerging that it is starting to falter, both as a coherent and
durable system of social organization and as a strategy for
societal advancement. Debates concerning how we can transition
beyond present energy- and materials-intensive consumer society are
beginning to gain greater salience. Social Change and the Coming of
Post-Consumer Society aims to develop more complete appreciation of
the relevant processes of social change and to identify effective
interventions that could enable a transition to supersede consumer
society. Bringing together leading interdisciplinary experts on
social change, the book identifies and analyzes several ongoing
small- and modest-scale social experiments. Possibilities for
macro-scale change from the interlinked perspectives of culture,
economics, finance, and governance are then explored. These
contributions expose the systemic problems that are emblematic of
the current condition of consumer society, specifically the
unsustainability of prevailing consumption practices and lifestyles
and the persistence of inequalities. These observations are
summarized and extended in the final chapter of the book. This
volume will be of great interest to students and scholars of
sustainable consumption, sustainability transitions, environmental
sociology, and sustainable development.
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