NDLI: Environmentally Sustainable Meat Consumption: An Analysis of the Norwegian Public Debate

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Author	Austgulen, Marthe Hårvik
Copyright Year	2013
Abstract	Private consumption is increasingly being blamed for resource depletion and environmental degradation, and the discourse of ascribing environmental responsibility to the individual consumer has become a part of mainstream policy-making. Measures aimed at promoting consumers' voluntary engagement through sustainable consumption now constitute an important part of public sustainability strategies. Nevertheless, the actual progress made in changing people's consumptions patterns in a more sustainable direction has been modest. Based on a quantitative and a qualitative content analysis of articles on environmentally sustainable consumption of meat published in five national and regional newspapers in Norway between 2000 and 2010, it is argued in this article that an important reason for the lack of both political and consumer engagement in the issue can be attributed to a discursive confusion that arises from a simultaneous existence of mainly two clashing discourses on what is actually environmentally sustainable consumption of meat. One that is focussing on the environmentally malign aspects of consumption and production of (especially) red meat, and another that is focussing on the environmentally benign aspects of production and consumption of red meat. The findings imply that the lack of consensus on the character of the problem constitutes a major barrier for the opportunity to change people's consumption patterns in a more environmentally sustainable direction through the use of voluntary measures.
Starting Page	45
Ending Page	66
Page Count	22
File Format	PDF
ISSN	01687034
Journal	Journal of Consumer Policy
Volume Number	37
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	15730700
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2013-11-05
Publisher Place	Boston
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Environmentally sustainable consumption Meat Self-regulation Media analysis Public debate Environment Social Sciences Marketing Economic Policy Commercial Law
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Economics and Econometrics Business, Management and Accounting

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