Consuming values and contested cultures: A critical analysis of the UK strategy for sustainable consumption and production

Review of Social Economy

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 323-338

  Seyfang, Gill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consumption; Cultural Theory; Economic growth; Green consumerism; Institutions; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 6344243400     PISSN: 00346764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0034676042000253936     Document Type: Article

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