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Critiquing a Utopian idea of Sustainable Consumption: A Post-Capitalism Perspective
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Stuart Hanmer-Lloyd
Journal of Macromarketing, Volume: 41, Issue: 4, Start page: 027614672097914
Swansea University Author:
Anita Zhao
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DOI (Published version): 10.1177/0276146720979148
Abstract
This paper proposes and critiques the idea of a post-capitalism sustainable consumption utopia to improve the ecological and human wellbeing of the planet. Such a notion can stimulate new imaginative thinking on a future sustainable world not dominated by neoliberalism. It can also strengthen SDG-12...
| Published in: | Journal of Macromarketing |
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| ISSN: | 0276-1467 1552-6534 |
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SAGE Publications
2021
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55768 |
| Abstract: |
This paper proposes and critiques the idea of a post-capitalism sustainable consumption utopia to improve the ecological and human wellbeing of the planet. Such a notion can stimulate new imaginative thinking on a future sustainable world not dominated by neoliberalism. It can also strengthen SDG-12: responsible consumption and production. To do so, it examines the influence of pro-environmental self-identity, market-based barriers, and knowledge barriers on sustainable consumption buying, product lifetime extension, and environmental activism. Survey data was collected via online panels in Sweden (n=504) and the USA (n=1,017). Richly varied and complex findings emerge supporting the merit of this utopian idea. In particular, the importance of pro-environmental self-identity. This study illustrates how post-capitalism radical incrementalism and people power can initiate change using the civic, political, and environmental activism in sustainable consumption behaviours. Emerging implications for the viability of SDG-12 are also considered. This work offers rich opportunities for further research. |
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| Keywords: |
climate change, commons-centric post-capitalism, materialism, neoliberalism, peer-to-peer economy, perceived consumer effectiveness, pro-environmental behaviour, social consumption motivation, sustainable development goals (SDGs) |
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Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences |
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4 |
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027614672097914 |