03683nam 22007934a 450 991096316690332120200520144314.09786612100062978128210006012821000689780262281928026228192997805854426550585442657ebc3338852(CKB)111056485416702(EBL)3338852(SSID)ssj0000128685(PQKBManifestationID)11144215(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000128685(PQKBWorkID)10069277(PQKB)11645112(MiAaPQ)EBC3338852(OCoLC)51958199(OCoLC)290602794(OCoLC)475456133(OCoLC)532372095(OCoLC)614508136(OCoLC)646742132(OCoLC)666932791(OCoLC)722659947(OCoLC)815776719(OCoLC)961536312(OCoLC)961651666(OCoLC)962589857(OCoLC)962672389(OCoLC-P)51958199(MaCbMITP)2097(Au-PeEL)EBL3338852(CaPaEBR)ebr10225309(CaONFJC)MIL210006(OCoLC)51958199(PPN)170270130(FR-PaCSA)88800145(FRCYB88800145)88800145(EXLCZ)9911105648541670220011213d2002 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrConfronting consumption /edited by Thomas Princen, Michael Maniates, and Ken Conca1st ed.Cambridge, Mass. MIT Pressc20021 online resource (393 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9780262162081 0262162083 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 Economy8 - 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 of Technology ; 14 - Conclusion: To Confront Consumption ; NotesContributors IndexEssays that offer ecological, social, and political perspectives on the problem of overconsumption.Consumption (Economics)Environmental aspectsEnvironmental policySustainable developmentConsumption (Economics)Environmental aspects.Environmental policy.Sustainable development.339.4/7Princen Thomas1951-252300Maniates Michael1792183Conca Ken1796179MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910963166903321Confronting consumption4337845UNINA