Sustainable Practices by Elizabeth Shove, Nicola Spurling - 9781138847156

Taylor & Francis

Sustainable PracticesSocial Theory and Climate Change\nAuthor(s): Elizabeth Shove, Nicola Spurling\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138847156, 978-1138847156\nSynopsis\nClimate change is widely agreed to be one the greatest challenges facing society today. Mitigating and adapting to it is certain to require new ways of living. Thus far efforts to promote less resource-intensive habits and routines have centred on typically limited understandings of individual agency, choice and change. This book shows how much more the social sciences have to offer. The contributors to Sustainable Practices: Social Theory and Climate Change come from different disciplines sociology, geography, economics and philosophy but are alike in taking social theories of practice as a common point of reference. This volume explores questions which arise from this distinctive and fresh approach:\nhow do practices and material elements ci.