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UNINA9910779831003321 |
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Titolo |
Confronting consumption / / edited by Thomas Princen, Michael Maniates, and Ken Conca |
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Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2002 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-10006-8 |
9786612100062 |
0-262-28192-9 |
0-585-44265-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (393 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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PrincenThomas <1951-> |
ManiatesMichael |
ConcaKen |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Consumption (Economics) - Environmental aspects |
Environmental policy |
Sustainable development |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents ; Preface; 1 - Confronting Consumption ; I - The Consumption Angle; 2 - Consumption and Its Externalities: Where Economy Meets Ecology ; 3 - Individualization: Plant a Tree, Buy a Bike, Save the World?; 4 - Commoditization: Consumption Efficiency and an Economy of Care and Connection ; II - Chains of Consumption; 5 - Distancing: Consumption and the Severing of Feedback; 6 - Consumption and Environment in a Global Economy; 7 - The Distancing of Waste: Overconsumption in a Global Economy |
8 - Environmentally Damaging Consumption: The Impact of American Markets on Tropical Ecosystems in the Twentieth CenturyIII - On the Ground ; 9 - In Search of Consumptive Resistance: The Voluntary Simplicity Movement ; 10 - Jamming Culture: Adbusters' Hip Media Campaign against Consumerism ; 11 - Think Globally, Transact Locally: The Local- Currency Movement and Green Political Economy ; 12 - Caveat Certificatum: The Case of Forest Certification ; 13 - Citizens or Consumers: The Home Power Movement as a New Practice |
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