Journal
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
Volume 42, Issue 1-2, Pages 273-287Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8009(02)00086-1
Keywords
sustainable consumption; consumption; sustainability; lifestyles; working hours
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Postmodern explanations of consumer behaviour stress social and psychological factors to the neglect of explanations based on structural issues such as the working life conditions which favour a work-and-spend lifestyle, the conditions of urban living or the effects of pervasive marketing. This paper argues that consumers may not be so keen and willing but are rather locked-in by circumstances. Some of these circumstances are deliberately created by other interests, and a policy to limit consumption must look for adequate means over a large and varied field. In the end shorter working hours may be an important key to a more sustainable future. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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