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| Author: | Georg, S. |
| Title: | The social shaping of household consumption |
| Journal: | Ecological Economics
1999 : MAR, VOL. 28:3, p. 455-466 |
| Index terms: | ECOLOGY ECONOMICS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | This paper deals with a recurrent theme in the sustainability debate: the necessity of changing Western consumption patterns and "lifestyles". Unlike most accounts, in which the principle mechanisms for ensuring this are "top-down" approaches of government policies, this paper focuses on the "bottom-up" approaches of citizens seeking to develop less environmentally damaging technologies and ways of living. The paper examines three Scandinavian examples to illustrate how citizens are voluntarily seeking to internalise some of the externalities of everyday life and provide the collective good of improved environmental quality. |
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