Intro -- Sustainable Consumption -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- List of boxes -- Foreword -- Notes -- Acknowledgements -- PART 1: Introducing sustainable consumption -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- What is sustainable consumption? -- Key ideas in sustainable consumption -- A multi-disciplinary or interdisciplinary field? -- A critical approach -- About this book -- Further resources -- References -- Chapter 2: Measuring sustainable consumption -- The state of the environment -- Who impacts and by how much? -- Consumption-based accounting -- Measuring sustainable consumption -- Definition as measurement (and measurement as definition) -- Conclusions -- Resources -- References -- Chapter 3: Sustainable consumption in social context -- Why think about social difference? -- How does social difference connect with sustainable consumption? -- How do we explain and account for these differences? -- Conclusion -- Further resources -- References -- PART 2: Explaining sustainable consumption -- Chapter 4: 'People don't understand' -- Information-deficit model -- The role of information in sustainable consumption -- 'People don't understand' in practice -- Beyond the information-deficit model -- Conclusion -- Further resources -- References -- Chapter 5: 'People are selfish' -- Rational choice -- Problems with rational choice -- Developments in ecological economics -- Developments in behavioural economics -- Individualisation -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 6: 'It's all about values' -- Psychological explanations of change -- Some advances in research -- Psychology in policy -- Critiques -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 7: 'The personal is political' -- Environmental/ecological citizenship -- Shopping practice as politics -- Some examples of political consumer action.
