Sustainable Consumption: A Theoretical and Environmental Policy Perspective
By G. Spaargaren. The Ecological Modernisation Reader, 2003
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Within environmental social sciences, the authors believe that the analysis of sustainable production should be complemented by bringing in issues of sustainable consumption and lifestyles. It is possible to place a stronger emphasis on consumption issues without lapsing into the socio-psychological models that were used for so long in the analyses of environmental (un)friendly behaviors of citizen-consumers. The article argues that the social practices model, derived from structuration theory, offers a feasible alternative in this respect, because the model makes possible a sociological, "contextual" approach to consumption behaviors and lifestyles. The kind of questions the social practices model generates for empirical research are illustrated using the example of domestic consumption of utility products and services. By discussing a number of pilot studies within Dutch environmental policymaking, the future agenda of the politics of sustainable consumption is explored and commented upon.
Subfields: Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
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- A Review of Sustainable Consumption (2000 to 2020): What We Know and What We Need to Know (2020, unknown): “…et al., 2019), value-belief-norm theory (Kadic-Maglajlic et al., 2018), signaling theory (Brach et al., 2018), social network theory (Chabowski et al., 2011), modern economic theory (Reisch, 2001), theory of world view (Kemper et al., 2019) and structuration theory (Spaargaren, 2003).”
- Energy consumption practices of rural households in north China: Basic characteristics and potential for low carbon development (2013, methodology): “To make possible such a detailed analysis of the internal rural household energy systems, we suggest using the ‘social practice approach’ as developed in the sociology of consumption (Spaargaren, 2003; Van Vliet, 2002) and shown in Fig.”
- The circular economy: New or Refurbished as CE 3.0? — Exploring Controversies in the Conceptualization of the Circular Economy through a Focus on History and Resource Value Retention Options (2017, unknown): “It refers to a critical position of consumers, shifting towards a post-material lifestyle (Hedlund-de Witt, 2012; Spaargaren, 2003).”