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1	The Sustainability Of Overconsumption? A Discursive Analysis Of Walmart's Sustainability Campaign Adams, Kathleen 01 January 2012 (has links) This study inquires as to whether Walmart’s sustainability campaign represents a sincere and holistic change throughout the company’s global supply chain or if it is simply a public relations campaign which caters to the growing target market of “next-generation” consumers and justifies further expansion into “emerging markets”. A critical analysis of Walmart’s sustainability discourse is presented, using transcribed texts of various corporate and publicitygeared publications. Frequently utilized terms and themes are identified throughout the big-box retailer’s sustainability campaign which convey a distinctly Neoliberal ethos—a political economy which lies at the heart of current practices of institutional unsustainability—and emphasize the role of the atomized individual—who may purchase protection from environmental risks via green products. Other themes, which are commonly associated with sustainability research, are glaringly absent: subsidiarity; human rights; steady-state economics; economic inequity; the precautionary principle. This research aims to shed light on the prospects for the sustainability of green overconsumption, which Walmart is leading the way in promoting, and for the continuation of the modern economistic zeitgeist into the twenty-first century. Sustainability overconsumption tragedy of the commons critical discourse analysis green consumerism biopolitics inverted quarantine big box retail neoliberalism globalism Political Science
2	Inverted Quarantine: Individual Response to Collective Fear Moncure, Katherine Parker 16 June 2016 (has links) No description available. Environmental Studies Environmental Justice Gender Studies Sociology Social Research Social Psychology environment sociology inverted quarantine consumption individualism conscious consumption class fear contaminants environmental burdens conspicuous consumption environmental body burden gender parenting farming organic natural habitus Oberlin College
3	"It Doesn't Need to be Industrial Strength": An Analysis of Women's Adoption of a Chemical-Free Lifestyle Vidug, Kristina 23 December 2011 (has links) This thesis seeks to uncover women’s concerns about chemicals in the household, and, more specifically, in cleaning products. The research is based on semi-structured interviews with women who are primarily responsible for household cleaning and who consciously avoid conventional cleaning products. From a sociological standpoint, the topic remains unstudied. The women were critical of greenwashing and the institutions responsible for chemical regulation. Further, the women’s chemical-free lifestyle defied conventional definitions of activism. Sociological theories of risk are used to help understand women’s avoidance of chemicals. It was found that tenets of the precautionary principle were reflected in their reasoning for avoiding chemicals. Recent biomonitoring and body burden studies have influenced women’s knowledge of chemical risk and their decision to avoid them. The thesis demonstrates that risk-management, in this context, has become an individualized pursuit reflective of the neo-liberal ideology informing chemical regulation. / Canadian Institutes of Health Research cleaning products domestic work conventional cleaning products environmental activism sociology of risk risk precautionary principle biomonitoring body burden neo-liberalism chemical regulation green consumerism precautionary consumption inverted quarantine recreancy environmental risks passive activism relational activism risk management New Corporate Environmentalism green capitalism greenwashing feminist methodology reflexivity positionality

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