Policy and Governance for Sustainable Consumption at the Crossroads of Theories and Concepts

Environmental Policy and Governance

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 75-88

  Keller, Margit ^a   Halkier, Bente ^b   Wilska, Terhi Anna ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Behaviour change; Governance; Practice change; Social practice theory; Sustainable consumption; Sustainable consumption policy

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; POLICY MAKING; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL THEORY; SUSTAINABILITY; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84963854394     PISSN: 1756932X     EISSN: 17569338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eet.1702     Document Type: Article

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