ISBN:
9781847870490
,
9781847870506
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (256 p)
,
ill
Edition:
1st ed
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2010 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Consumer Society : Critical Issues and Environmental Consequences
DDC:
306.3
Keywords:
Consumer behavior Social aspects
;
Consumption (Economics) Social aspects
Abstract:
What factors are contributing to the continuing growth in consumption of goods and services? At what point do the costs associated with consumerism begin to call our way of life into question? How are the problems of resource depletion, waste and pollution, and environmental impact being addressed? What is to be done about the consequences of our all-consuming way of life? Ever-increasing consumption and a relentless pursuit of growth in output are the twin pillars on which the modern economy and contemporary social life rest. But the consumer way of life is globally unsustainable. We can't al
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Consuming: historical and conceptual issues; 2 Consumer choice: rhetoric and reality; 3 Cultivating consumers: advertising, marketing, and branding; 4 Designing obsolescence, promoting consumer demand; 5 Globalization and modern consumer culture; 6 Consequences of consumerism; 7 An unsustainable all-consuming world; 8 Consuming futures I: business as usual; 9 Consuming futures II: 'green' and sustainable alternatives; References; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [226]-252) and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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