Prof'in Doris Fuchs, together with Sylvia Lorek, Antonietta di Giulio and Rico Defila, contributed to the recently published edited volume "Power and Politics in Sustainable Consumption Research and Practice". The authors point out that - despite positive trends towards a more sustainable consumer society - our consumer behaviour is having an increasingly negative impact on the global environment. Against this background, they analyse in particular to what extent structural power relations at the global level may represent barriers to sustainable consumption in their chapter "Sources of power for sustainable consumption: Where to look". At the same time, they examine promising alternatives and possibilities to enable more sustainable consumption patterns.

Further information:
- Further information on the work of Prof.'in Doris Fuchs at the Chair of Sustainable Development and International Relations can be found here.
- More information on the edited volume "Politics, Power, and Ideology in Sustainable Consumption" can be found here.

Source: Fuchs, Doris; Lorek, Sylvia; Di Giulio, Antonietta, Defila, Rico (2019): "Sources of power for sustainable consumption: Where to look", IN: Martiskainen, Mari; Middlemiss, Lucie; Isenhour, Cindy (Ed.): Politics, Power, and Ideology in Sustainable Consumption. London: Routledge, 62-83.