| Title |
Sufficiency and consumer behaviour: From theory to policy |
| ID_Doc |
79415 |
| Authors |
Spangenberg, JH; Lorek, S |
| Title |
Sufficiency and consumer behaviour: From theory to policy |
| Year |
2019 |
| Published |
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| DOI |
10.1016/j.enpol.2019.03.013 |
| Abstract |
It is increasingly obvious that for safeguarding environmental sustainability, eco-efficiency measures will need to be complemented by sufficiency, in particular by strong sustainable consumption. The Theory of Planned Behaviour TPB and Social Practice Theory SPT offer different views on consumer behaviour, and on ways to change it. This paper briefly describes the challenges, discusses the applicability of both theories and their meaningfulness for policy recommendations. We suggest an approach combining results of both bodies of theory, complemented by ideas from political economy, to substantiate the Prism of Sustainable Consumption we introduce as a heuristic sufficiency policy tool. It is useful to identify affordability criteria for change in each dimension, as the basis for deriving suggestions for effective policy interventions. We conclude that (i) effective interventions are possible, (ii) they have to address several dimensions of affordability simultaneously, and (iii) the sufficiency policy space prism can be a useful tool in structuring planned interventions. |
| Author Keywords |
Sufficiency; Theory of planned behaviour TPB; Social practice theory SPT; Prism of sustainable consumption; Sufficiency policy options; Dimensions of affordability |
| Index Keywords |
Index Keywords |
| Document Type |
Other |
| Open Access |
Open Access |
| Source |
Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED); Social Science Citation Index (SSCI); Conference Proceedings Citation Index - Social Science & Humanities (CPCI-SSH); Conference Proceedings Citation Index - Science (CPCI-S) |
| EID |
WOS:000468012900098 |
| WoS Category |
Economics; Energy & Fuels; Environmental Sciences; Environmental Studies |
| Research Area |
Business & Economics; Energy & Fuels; Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
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