Consumption as voting:: A path to sustainability?

Iain Black; Deirdre Shaw

Consumption as voting: A path to sustainability?

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This paper examines ‘consumption as voting’ with the aim of critiquing it as a practice and evaluating whether if promoted, it could help satisfy the objectives of not for profit organisations engaged in the development and management of sustainability. The review shows that it can motivate market place change and send messages regarding broad sustainability issues including consumers desire to see action upon them. It is limited however, in its ability to directly affect social change and lead development of a sustainable economy. Overall, it is a useful practice to promote, capable of advancing not for profit organisational objectives.

Original language	English
Publication status	Published - 3 Jul 2009
Event	1st International Conference on Sustainable Management of Public and Not For Profit Organisations - Bologna, Italy Duration: 1 Jul 2009 → 3 Jul 2009

Conference

Conference	1st International Conference on Sustainable Management of Public and Not For Profit Organisations
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Bologna
Period	1/07/09 → 3/07/09

Keywords

sustainability
voting
consumption
management of sustainability
sustainable economy
sustainability issues

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Consumption as voting: A path to sustainability?

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