This timely volume discusses the debates concerning sustainable consumption and the environment.

Sustainable consumption stands as a wide objective that attracts a growing attention within sustainable development policy circles and academic research. The contributors examine a range of interesting and relevant case studies including: household energy consumption, sustainable welfare, Fair Trade, Oxfam Worldshops, cotton farming and consumer organizations.

Sustainable Consumption takes an interdisciplinary approach and is well-balanced, presenting theoretical debates as well as empirical...

Le developpement durable peut-il offrir une veritable alternative face aux dommages infliges a l'environnement et aux echecs du developpement? Pourquoi les references a cette notion sont-elles parfois floues et trop consensuelles?
Cet ouvrage propose une enquete sur la constitution de ce projet a travers la recomposition de differents champs: sur le plan politique, il retrace la rencontre entre les courants du developpement et de l'ecologie, tandis que sur le plan economique, differentes reformes visant a integrer les preoccupations environnementales sont analysees. Le role des...