Power and Politics in Sustainable Consumption Research and Practice
In: Routledge-SCORAI Studies in Sustainable Consumption Ser.
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Author biographies -- Introduction: Power, politics, and (un)sustainable consumption -- SECTION I: On political economy and global process -- 1. A consuming globalism: On power and the post-Paris Agreement politics of climate and consumption -- 2. Practice does not make perfect: Sustainable consumption, practice theory, and the question of power -- 3. Sources of power for sustainable consumption: Where to look -- SECTION II: On governmentality and the notion of the subject in sustainable consumption -- 4. Pro-environmental behaviour change and governmentality: Counter-conduct and the making up of environmental individuals -- 5. Freedom, autonomy, and sustainable behaviours: The politics of designing consumer choice -- 6. The 'double dividend' discourse in sustainable consumption: A critical commentary -- SECTION III: On the politics of identity and difference in sustainable consumption -- 7. Housing as a function of consumption and production in the United Kingdom -- 8. Power and politics in the (work-life) balance: A mixed methods evaluation of the risks and rewards of downshifting -- 9. Who participates in community-based sustainable consumption projects and why does it matter? A constructively critical approach -- Index.