Willing consumers—or locked-in? Policies for a sustainable consumption. Sanne, C. Ecological Economics, 42(1–2):273–287, August, 2002.
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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.
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	title = {Willing consumers—or locked-in? {Policies} for a sustainable consumption},
	volume = {42},
	issn = {0921-8009},
	shorttitle = {Willing consumers—or locked-in?},
	url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921800902000861},
	doi = {10.1016/S0921-8009(02)00086-1},
	abstract = {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.},
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	urldate = {2014-01-09},
	journal = {Ecological Economics},
	author = {Sanne, Christer},
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	year = {2002},
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