The Political Economy of (Un)Sustainable Production and Consumption: A Multidisciplinary Synthesis for Research and Action
10 November 2020
Source: Resources, Conservation and Recycling
Authors: Manu V. Mathai, Cindy Isenhour, Dimitris Stevis, Philip Vergragt, Magnus Bengtsson, Sylvia Lorek, Lars Fogh Mortensen, Luca Coscieme, David Scott, Ambreen Waheed, Eva Alfredsson
Keywords: Power, Political economy, Global inequality, Environmental justice, Environmental governance, Sustainable consumption and production
Highlights:
- Persistent and uneven growth in global resource use and socio-ecological degradation
- More effective responses needed to make production-consumption systems sustainable
- Existing literature suggests political economic drivers and required responses
- Structural political economy orientation to production-consumption systems proposed
- Posits research agenda on justice, governance, co-production of knowledge and actionResources, Conservation and Recycling
SSCP KAN Working Group(s):
Political Economy of Sustainable Consumption and Production
DATE
November 12, 2020AUTHOR
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