Confronting consumption /
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| Imprint: | Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2002. |
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| Description: | x, 382 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4704063 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Confronting Consumption / Thomas Princen, Michael Maniates and Ken Conca
- I. The Consumption Angle
- 2. Consumption and Its Externalities: Where Economy Meets Ecology / Thomas Princen
- 3. Individualization: Plant a Tree, Buy a Bike, Save the World? / Michael Maniates
- 4. Commoditization: Consumption Efficiency and an Economy of Care and Connection / Jack Manno
- II. Chains of Consumption
- 5. Distancing: Consumption and the Severing of Feedback / Thomas Princen
- 6. Consumption and Environment in a Global Economy / Ken Conca
- 7. The Distancing of Waste: Overconsumption in a Global Economy / Jennifer Clapp
- 8. Environmentally Damaging Consumption: The Impact of American Markets on Tropical Ecosystems in the Twentieth Century / Richard Tucker
- III. On the Ground
- 9. In Search of Consumptive Resistance: The Voluntary Simplicity Movement / Michael Maniates
- 10. Jamming Culture: Adbusters' Hip Media Campaign against Consumerism / Marilyn Bordwell
- 11. Think Globally, Transact Locally: The Local Currency Movement and Green Political Economy / Eric Helleiner
- 12. Caveat Certificatum: The Case of Forest Certification / Fred Gale
- 13. Citizens or Consumers: The Home Power Movement as a New Practice of Technology / Jesse Tatum
- 14. Conclusion: To Confront Consumption / Thomas Princen, Michael Maniates and Ken Conca.
