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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452467303321

Titolo

Sustainable practices : social theory and climate change / / edited by Elizabeth Shove and Nicola Spurling

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

0-203-07105-0

1-299-38682-2

1-135-09403-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (411 p.)

Collana

Routledge advances in sociology ; ; 95

Altri autori (Persone)

ShoveElizabeth <1959->

SpurlingNicola

Disciplina

304.2/5

Soggetti

Environmentalism - Social aspects

Climatic changes - Social aspects

Sustainable development - Social aspects

Environmental policy - Social aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. How are practices defined and how do they change? -- pt. 2. The materials of practice -- pt. 3. Sharing and circulation -- pt. 4. Relations between practices -- pt. 5. Sustainability, inequality and power.

Sommario/riassunto

Climate change is widely agreed to be one the greatest challenges facing society today. Mitigating and adapting to it is certain to require new ways of living. Thus far efforts to promote less resource-intensive habits and routines have centred on typically limited understandings of individual agency, choice and change. This book shows how much more the social sciences have to offer.The contributors to Sustainable Practices: Social Theory and Climate Change come from different disciplines - sociology, geography, economics and philosophy - but are alike in taking social