Contents: The paradox of the sharing economy, introductory chapter / Russell Belk, Giana Eckhardt and Fleura Bardhi -- The nature of sharing and the sharing economy 1. Situating the sharing economy: Between markets, commons and capital / Adam Arvidsson -- 2. Sharing as an alternative economy...

This study investigates consumers’ relationship to possessions in the condition of contemporary global nomadism. Prior research argues that consumers form enduring and strong attachments to possessions because of their centrality to identity projects. This role is heightened in life...