Responsible Citizens and Sustainable Consumer Behavior : New Interpretive Frameworks

Taylor & Francis Ltd

Responsible Citizens and Sustainable Consumer BehaviorNew Interpretive Frameworks\nAuthor(s): Pietro Lanzini\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367249571, 978-0367249571\nSynopsis\nThere is broad consensus on the need to shift to a new paradigm of lifestyles and economic development, given the un-sustainability of current patterns. Given this, research on consumer behavior is to play a crucial role in shedding light on the motives underpinning the adoption of responsible behaviors.\n\nStemming from a thorough discussion of existing approaches, this book argues that the perspective of analysis has to be modified. First, acknowledging that a profile of the responsible consumer does not exist since all of us can be more or less sustainable and environment-friendly: the sustainability of an individual should not be considered as given, being something dynamic that changes according to both subjective and contextual fa.