Book contents
- Consumption, Status, and Sustainability
- New Directions In Sustainability And Society
- Consumption, Status, and Sustainability
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- 1 Standing Out, Fitting In, and the Consumption of the World
- Part I Status Competition and Hierarchy in Human Societies
- Part II Variability in Status Consumption
- Part III Continuity and Discontinuity
- Part IV Bending the Curve
- 10 The Higher Monkey Climb
- 11 Ecological Routes to Social Status and Urban Inclusion
- 12 Making the Market Work
- 13 Conclusion
- Index
- References
13 - Conclusion
On Social Change, Status, and Sustainability Policy
from Part IV - Bending the Curve
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 30 July 2021
Book contents
- Consumption, Status, and Sustainability
- New Directions In Sustainability And Society
- Consumption, Status, and Sustainability
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- 1 Standing Out, Fitting In, and the Consumption of the World
- Part I Status Competition and Hierarchy in Human Societies
- Part II Variability in Status Consumption
- Part III Continuity and Discontinuity
- Part IV Bending the Curve
- 10 The Higher Monkey Climb
- 11 Ecological Routes to Social Status and Urban Inclusion
- 12 Making the Market Work
- 13 Conclusion
- Index
- References
Summary
The collection of chapters included in this volume denaturalize dominant conceptualizations of status competition and consumption, drawing attention to alternative possibilities. The authors draw on a number of key themes recurring throughout the volume, including issues of governance and societal demographics to theorize diversity in status pursuits. Roscoe and Isenhour observe that issues of in/equity loom large and point to a number of political and policy-based implications that might help to bend the curve toward more sustainable futures.
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- Consumption, Status, and SustainabilityEcological and Anthropological Perspectives, pp. 324 - 341Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021
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