Confronting consumption / edited by Thomas Princen, Michael Maniates, and Ken Conca.

Other author Princen, Thomas, 1951-
Other author Maniates, Michael.
Other author Conca, Ken.
Format Book
Publication InfoCambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2002.
Descriptionx, 382 pages ; 23 cm
Subjects
Consumption (Economics)--Environmental aspects.
Environmental policy.
Sustainable development.

Contents Consumption and its externalities: where economy meets ecology / Thomas Princen -- Individualization: plant a tree, buy a bike, save the world? / Michael Maniates -- Commoditization: consumption efficiency and an economy of care and connection / Jack Manno -- Distancing: consumption and the severing of feedback / Thomas Princen -- Consumption and environment in a global economy / Ken Conca -- The distancing of waste: overconsumption in a global economy / Jennifer Clapp -- Environmentally damaging consumption: the impact of American markets on tropical ecosystems in the twentieth century / Richard Tucker -- In search of consumptive resistance: the voluntary simplicity movement / Michael Maniates -- Jamming culture: Adbusters' hip media campaign against consumerism / Marilyn Bordwell -- Think globally, transact locally: the local currency movement and green political economy / Eric Helleiner -- Caveat certificatum: the case of forest certification / Fred Gale -- Citizens or consumers: the home power movement as a new practice of technology / Jesse Tatum -- Conclusion: To confront consumption / Thomas Princen, Michael Maniates, and Ken Conca.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2001059640
ISBN0262162083 (hc.)
ISBN0262661284 (pbk.)