Constructing Sustainable Consumption: From Ethical Values to the Cultural Transformation of Unsustainable Markets

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 644, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 236-255

  Holt, Douglas B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bottled water; market construction; social movements; sustainable consumption

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867009115     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: 15523349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716212453260     Document Type: Article

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