Sustainable Consumption and Consumer Socialization
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2020) | Viewed by 329
Special Issue Editors
Interests: sustainable consumption; meaning(s) of consumption; consumer culture; relations to artefacts; family consumption
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
During the last decades, the accelerated pace of consumption has exerted a detrimental effect on the environment; currently we consume as if we had 1.6 Earths and such consumption levels are particularly high in affluent countries. One of the greatest challenges in today’s society is therefore to move towards and advance sustainable consumption. Socialization is crucial for understanding social change. It is about becoming a member of society by acquiring competences for functioning in society. Consumer socialization is about functioning in the market place. A lot of research has focused on children’s consumer socialization. It needs to be recognized that consumer socialization is a life-long process, in particular since a fast changing society continuously requires new competences.
This Special Issue aims to enhance our understanding of consumer socialization, in particular, but not exclusively related to ecological sustainability. We need to better understand how consumers through the lens of consumer socialization become more environmentally conscious, in their minds as well as practice. We welcome articles examining the required competences for consumers to become environmentally concerned as well as challenges and obstacles to put this into practice. Furthermore, we invite articles addressing the extent to which the absence of early learning may hinder later consumer socialization or whether late learning may not be related, or conflict, with what people learned at earlier stages in their lives. Therefore the Special Issue also expects to contribute to research examining consumer socialization as a gradual process. Papers that are more practically oriented as well as articles that aim to develop socialization theory are both welcomed.
Prof. Dr. Karin M. Ekström
Prof. Dr. Salvador Carmona
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- sustainable consumption
- consumer socialisation
- consumer culture
- consumer and family decision-making.
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