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Princen, Thomas - Maniates, Michael - Conca, Ken (eds.):
Confronting Consumption
Cambridge, MA ; London : The MIT Press, 2002. xiv, 278 p.
ISBN 0-262-66218-4

CONTENTS

  1. Confronting Consumption  1
      Thomas Princen, Michael Maniates, and Ken Conca

I. The Consumption Angle  21

  2. Consumption and Its Externalities: Where Economy Meets Ecology  23
      Thomas Princen

  3. Individualization: Plant a Tree, Buy a Bike, Save the World?  43
      Michael Maniates

  4. Commoditization: Consumption Efficiency and an Economy of Care and Connection  67
      Jack Manno

II. Chains of Consumption  101

  5. Distancing: Consumption and the Severing of Feedback  103
      Thomas Princen

  6. Consumption and Environment in a Global Economy  133
      Ken Conca

  7. The Distancing of Waste: Overconsumption in a Global Economy  155
      Jennifer Clapp

  8. Environmentally Damaging Consumption:
      The Impact of American Markets on Tropical Ecosystems in the Twentieth Century  177
      Richard Tucker

III. On the Ground  197

  9. In Search of Consumptive Resistance: The Voluntary Simplicity Movement  199
      Michael Maniates

10. Jamming Culture: Adbusters' Hip Media Campaign against Consumerism  237
      Marilyn Bordwell

11. Think Globally, Transact Locally: The Local Currency Movement and Green Political Economy  255
      Eric Helleiner

12. Caveat Certificatum: The Case of Forest Certification  275
      Fred Gale

13. Citizens or Consumers: The Home Power Movement as a New Practice of Technology  301
      Jesse Tatum

14. Conclusion: To Confront Consumption  317
      Thomas Princen, Michael Maniates, and Ken Conca

Notes  329

Contributors  375

Index  377