Changing consumption patterns in affluent societies
Consumption is a difficult and important challenge in relation to environment and sustainability. This is the case in relation to the environment because to consume literally means to use up energy and resources. More broadly, consumption has social, cultural and psychological aspects which determine happiness and wellbeing. I seek to improve public debate and policy in this area by contributing insights from a wide range of social sciences. Ultimately the aim is to promote consumption which allows us to flourish within ecological limits.
Cohen, M. and Murphy, J. (eds) (2001) Exploring Sustainable Consumption: Environmental Policy and the Social Sciences, Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford.
Murphy, J. and Cohen, M. (2001) ‘Consumption, environment and public policy’, in Cohen, M. and Murphy, J. (eds) Exploring Sustainable Consumption: Environmental Policy and the Social Sciences, Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford, pp. 3-20.
Murphy, J. (2001) ‘From production to consumption: environmental policy in the European Union’, in Cohen, M. and Murphy, J. (eds) Exploring Sustainable Consumption: Environmental Policy and the Social Sciences, Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford, pp. 39-60.
Cohen, M. and Murphy, J. (eds) (2001) Exploring Sustainable Consumption: Environmental Policy and the Social Sciences, Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford.
Murphy, J. and Cohen, M. (2001) ‘Consumption, environment and public policy’, in Cohen, M. and Murphy, J. (eds) Exploring Sustainable Consumption: Environmental Policy and the Social Sciences, Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford, pp. 3-20.
Murphy, J. (2001) ‘From production to consumption: environmental policy in the European Union’, in Cohen, M. and Murphy, J. (eds) Exploring Sustainable Consumption: Environmental Policy and the Social Sciences, Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford, pp. 39-60.
