Responsible Citizens And Sustainable Consumer Behavior: New Interpretive Frameworks (routledge-scorai Studies In Sustainable Consumption)
by Pietro Lanzini /
2017 / English / PDF
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There is broad consensus on the need to shift to a new paradigm
of lifestyles and economic development, given the
unsustainability of current patterns. Research on consumer
behavior is to play a crucial role in shedding light on the
motives underpinning the adoption of responsible behaviors.
There is broad consensus on the need to shift to a new paradigm
of lifestyles and economic development, given the
unsustainability of current patterns. Research on consumer
behavior is to play a crucial role in shedding light on the
motives underpinning the adoption of responsible behaviors.
Stemming from a thorough discussion of existing approaches, this
book argues that the perspective of analysis has to be modified.
First, acknowledging that a profile of the responsible consumer
does not exist, since all of us can be more or less sustainable
and environment-friendly: the sustainability of an individual
should not be considered as given, being something dynamic that
changes according to both subjective and contextual factors.
Moreover, the book hypothesizes that integrating dimensions and
perspectives that have been so far overlooked by mainstream
research will help deconstruct responsible behaviors adopting a
flexible and holistic approach. Relevant policy implications are
discussed, and empirical research on responsible behaviors is
illustrated.
Stemming from a thorough discussion of existing approaches, this
book argues that the perspective of analysis has to be modified.
First, acknowledging that a profile of the responsible consumer
does not exist, since all of us can be more or less sustainable
and environment-friendly: the sustainability of an individual
should not be considered as given, being something dynamic that
changes according to both subjective and contextual factors.
Moreover, the book hypothesizes that integrating dimensions and
perspectives that have been so far overlooked by mainstream
research will help deconstruct responsible behaviors adopting a
flexible and holistic approach. Relevant policy implications are
discussed, and empirical research on responsible behaviors is
illustrated.
This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of
consumer behavior, sustainable consumption, environmental
psychology and environmental studies in general.
This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of
consumer behavior, sustainable consumption, environmental
psychology and environmental studies in general.
