Sustainable Consumption: Opportunities for Consumer Research and Public Policy
This essay explores sustainable consumption and considers possible roles for marketing and consumer researchers and public policy makers in addressing the many sustainability challenges that pervade the planet. Future research approaches to this interdisciplinary topic must be comprehensive and systematic and would benefit from a variety of different perspectives. There are several opportunities for further research; the authors explore three areas in detail. First, they consider the inconsistency between the attitudes and behaviors of consumers with respect to sustainability. Second, they broaden the agenda to explore the role of individual citizens in society. Third, they propose a macroinstitutional approach to fostering sustainability. For each of these separate, but interrelated, opportunities, the authors examine the area in detail and consider possible research avenues and public policy initiatives.
Keywords:
consumer attitudes consumer behavior consumer behaviors consumer research consumer- citizen consumer-citizen consumption (economics) essays government policy macroinstitutional forces marketing research sustainability sustainable consumption
Citation:
Andrea Prothero, Susan Dobscha, Jim Freund, William E. Kilbourne, Michael G. Luchs, Lucie K. Ozanne, and John Thgersen (2011). Sustainable Consumption: Opportunities for Consumer Research and Public Policy. Journal of Public Policy & Marketing, 30(1), Pages 31-38. https://doi.org/10.1509/jppm.30.1.31
Authors
Andrea Prothero
Susan Dobscha
Jim Freund
William E. Kilbourne
Michael G. Luchs
Lucie K. Ozanne
John Thgersen
Journal of Public Policy & Marketing | 2011
https://doi.org/10.1509/jppm.30.1.31