Conceptualising Demand

A Distinctive Approach to Consumption and Practice
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-0-367-46502-5
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 120 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 165 g

This book addresses fundamental questions about the very idea of demand: how is it constituted, how does it change and how might it be steered?

Conceptualising Demand focuses on five core propositions: that demand is derived from social practices; that it is made and not simply met; that it is materially embedded and temporally unfolding; and that it is modulated through many forms of policy and governance. In working through these claims, the book weaves concepts from the sociology of consumption, science and technology studies, policy analyses and social theories of practice together with empirical cases and new research into such topics as the rise of refrigerated foods, the emergence of online shopping and the transformation of energy demanding services.

This innovative book takes a fresh look at the very idea of demand, a concept that is often taken for granted, but that is vital for scholars and students of energy, mobility, climate change and consumption, and anyone interested in the subject.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rinkinen, Jenny

Shove, Elizabeth

Marsden, Greg

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Ökologie
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geographie: Sachbuch, Reise
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Finanzsektor & Finanzdienstleistungen Anlagen & Wertpapiere
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Transport- und Verkehrswirtschaft
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften, Biologie: Sachbuch, Naturführer
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Mechanik Energie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction 2. Constituting demand 3. Matters of demand 4. The temporalities of demand 5. Shaping and steering demand 6. Demand: a distinctive approach

Über Autor(innen)

Jenny Rinkinen is a researcher in the Consumer Society Research Centre at the University of Helsinki, Finland.

Elizabeth Shove is a Professor in the Department of Sociology at Lancaster University, UK, and was the PI of the DEMAND Research Center.

Greg Marsden is a Professor of Transport Governance at the Institute for Transport Studies at the University of Leeds, UK.