Practising circles: Studying institutional change and circular economy practices

JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

卷:237

Article

Schulz, Christian¹  Hjaltadottir, Rannveig Edda¹  Hild, Paula¹ 

[1] Univ Luxembourg, Maison Sci Humaines, 11 Porte Sci, L-4366 Esch Sur Alzette, Luxembourg

关键词: Circular economy;    Practice theory;    Institutions;    Methodological framework;    Economic geography;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.117749

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

Recent international and national policy initiatives promulgate the Circular Economy (CE) as the new central pathway towards sustainable modes of production and consumption. A growing number of commentators criticize the approach, despite its success in triggering discussions about product design (longevity, reparability) and about options for sharing goods and services. The criticism centers on the mere technological fix orientation of the CE approach and its ecological modernist idea of gradually adapting the current production system to material resource constraints - while leaving aside sociopolitical aspects of consumption as well as the possible need for sufficiencyoriented lifestyles. This paper argues for a broader understanding of CE and for the use of an institutional perspective inspired through practice theory, and presents a framework to assess the transformative potential of CE, encompassing its alternative/dissenting articulations in the noncorporate sector. (C) 2019 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.

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