Environment and Society : Sustainability, Policy and the Citizen.

By: Barr, StewartContributor(s): McDonald, Professor AdrianMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Routledge Studies in Environmental Policy and Practice SerPublisher: Abingdon : Routledge, 2008Copyright date: ©2008Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (297 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780754689027Subject(s): Environmentalism -- Social aspects | Human ecology | Social ecology | Sustainable developmentGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Environment and Society : Sustainability, Policy and the CitizenDDC classification: 304.2 LOC classification: GF41 -- .B35 2008ebOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- PART 1: CONTEXTS -- 1 Green Dilemmas -- 2 Sustainability -- 3 Policy -- PART 2: PERSPECTIVES -- 4 Behaviour Change: Policy and Practice -- 5 The Social Psychology of Environmental Action -- PART 3: APPROACHES -- 6 Framing Environmental Practice -- 7 Sustainable Lifestyles -- 8 The Value-Action Gap -- PART 4: APPLICATIONS -- 9 Changing Behaviour: A Social Marketing Approach -- 10 Sustainability, Citizens and Progress -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U.
Summary: Environment and Society explores ways to promote the behavioural shifts necessary for creating a 'sustainable society'. Through a critical approach to the links between sustainability, policy and citizen engagement, the book argues that sustainability policy needs to move towards a positive perspective, utilizing the well-known techniques of segmentation and social marketing. Such 'mainstreaming' of sustainable lifestyles is likely to be the only effective means of engaging the majority of citizens in the environmental debate, given the major influence of the consumer society on individual aspirations and beliefs. Comprised of three substantive elements, Environment and Society explores the context for behaviour change policy, the approaches adopted by politicians and academic researchers, and the application of such approaches using empirical data from two major research projects. The book is richly illustrated using both theoretical and empirical data and provides an excellent companion to all researchers interested in sustainable lifestyles.
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Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- PART 1: CONTEXTS -- 1 Green Dilemmas -- 2 Sustainability -- 3 Policy -- PART 2: PERSPECTIVES -- 4 Behaviour Change: Policy and Practice -- 5 The Social Psychology of Environmental Action -- PART 3: APPROACHES -- 6 Framing Environmental Practice -- 7 Sustainable Lifestyles -- 8 The Value-Action Gap -- PART 4: APPLICATIONS -- 9 Changing Behaviour: A Social Marketing Approach -- 10 Sustainability, Citizens and Progress -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U.

Environment and Society explores ways to promote the behavioural shifts necessary for creating a 'sustainable society'. Through a critical approach to the links between sustainability, policy and citizen engagement, the book argues that sustainability policy needs to move towards a positive perspective, utilizing the well-known techniques of segmentation and social marketing. Such 'mainstreaming' of sustainable lifestyles is likely to be the only effective means of engaging the majority of citizens in the environmental debate, given the major influence of the consumer society on individual aspirations and beliefs. Comprised of three substantive elements, Environment and Society explores the context for behaviour change policy, the approaches adopted by politicians and academic researchers, and the application of such approaches using empirical data from two major research projects. The book is richly illustrated using both theoretical and empirical data and provides an excellent companion to all researchers interested in sustainable lifestyles.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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