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Zusatztext Cohen provides us with a measured and well-informed overview of the fragile and unsustainable state of 21st century consumerism. He draws upon a wealth of evidence to expose the limits of various attempts to move beyond consumer capitalismthe socalled sharing economy, the maker movement, and the move towards local production all of which, he suggests, are underpinned by many of the same problems that beset more traditional forms of consumerism. His book leaves us with profound questions about our future, as well as providing a compelling argument for both the necessity and the complexity of adopting more sustainable forms of human progress. Informationen zum Autor Maurie J. Cohen is Professor of Sustainability Studies and Director of the Program in Science, Technology, and Society at the New Jersey Institute of Technology and Associate Fellow at the Tellus Institute. He is Editor of Sustainability: Science, Practice, and Policy (SSPP) and co-founder and Executive Board Member of the Sustainable Consumption Research and Action Initiative (SCORAI). His books include Innovations in Sustainable Consumption: New Economics, Socio-technical Transitions and Social Practices (with Halina Szejnwald Brown and Philip Vergragt, Edward Elgar, 2013) and Exploring Sustainable Consumption: Environmental Policy and the Social Sciences (with Joseph Murphy, Pergamon, 2001). He holds a PhD in regional science from the University of Pennsylvania. Klappentext Shows how consumer society is changing due to demographic ageing, rising income inequality, political paralysis, resource scarcity, and steady jobs being replaced by freelancing. It examines how people are striving to find new ways to ensure livelihoods and the role that the role that worker-consumer cooperatives could play. Zusammenfassung Shows how consumer society is changing due to demographic ageing, rising income inequality, political paralysis, resource scarcity, and steady jobs being replaced by freelancing. It examines how people are striving to find new ways to ensure livelihoods and the role that the role that worker-consumer cooperatives could play. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface 1: Introduction 2: Fathoming Consumer Society 3: The (Mostly) Empty Promise of the Sharing Economy 4: The Mass Market Maker Movement 5: Localization Fallacies 6: Consumption in the Era of Digital Automation 7: Conclusion ...
List of contents
- Preface
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Fathoming Consumer Society
- 3: The (Mostly) Empty Promise of the Sharing Economy
- 4: The Mass Market Maker Movement
- 5: Localization Fallacies
- 6: Consumption in the Era of Digital Automation
- 7: Conclusion
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This timely and insightful book is a must-read for anyone interested in the future of Western consumer society. It offers a careful appraisal of the challenging circumstances in which the United Statesthe prototype of consumer societies worldwide finds itself today. Maurie Cohen, a leading expert on sustainable development, carefully outlines and weighs the promises and pitfalls of the alternatives currently being debated as potential pathways to more sustainable societies. Practitioners and policy makers concerned with the good life for consumers, workers, and citizens will find this book an inspirational reference tool. Lucia A. Reisch, Professor and Chair of Intercultural Consumer Research and European Consumer Policy, Copenhagen Business School and co-editor of the Handbook of Research on Sustainable Consumption.
