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" Confronting consumption / "
edited by Thomas Princen, Michael Maniates, and Ken Conca.
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1001181
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b755551
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Confronting consumption /\ edited by Thomas Princen, Michael Maniates, and Ken Conca.
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Cambridge, Mass. :: MIT Press,, ©2002.
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1 online resource (x, 382 pages)
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0262162083
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: 9781282100060
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0262162083
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0262661284
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6612100060
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9780262162081
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9780262661287
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9786612100062
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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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.
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Essays that offer ecological, social, and political perspectives on the problem of overconsumption.
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Consumption (Economics)-- Environmental aspects.
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Environmental policy.
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Sustainable development.
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Aufsatzsammlung
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Economics-- Macroeconomics.
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Consumption (Economics)-- Environmental aspects.
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Environmental policy.
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Nachhaltigkeit
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Economic Conditions.
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Privater Verbrauch
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Sustainable development.
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Umweltschutz
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Umweltverträgliches Produkt
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Verbraucherverhalten
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Consumptie.
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Consumptiemaatschappij.
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Duurzame ontwikkeling.
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Ecologische beweging.
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Milieubeleid.
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| Dewey Classification
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339.4/7
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HB801.C623 2002eb
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83.63bcl
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Conca, Ken.
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Maniates, Michael.
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Princen, Thomas,1951-
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