@article{ART001140275},
author={Patrick Mullins and Dai-Yeun Jeong and John S. Western and Ian Lowe and Rod Simpson},
title={Consumerism and Sustainable Development:An Austrailian-South Korean Comparative Study},
journal={Korean Social Science Journal},
issn={1225-0368},
year={2004},
volume={31},
number={1},
pages={1-38}
TY - JOUR
AU - Patrick Mullins
AU - Dai-Yeun Jeong
AU - John S. Western
AU - Ian Lowe
AU - Rod Simpson
TI - Consumerism and Sustainable Development:An Austrailian-South Korean Comparative Study
JO - Korean Social Science Journal
PY - 2004
VL - 31
IS - 1
PB - Korean Social Science Research Council
SP - 1
EP - 38
SN - 1225-0368
AB - This paper addresses a socio-cultural contradiction, one that is
of monumental proportion, being global in scale and allegedly threatening the
survival of the natural and social worlds. It emanates from two cultural
imperatives - consumerism and environmentalism - and their consequent
behaviours - consumption and environmental behaviour. Consumerism is a
cultural imperative that demands we appropriate as many goods and services
as possible and that we should do this essentially for fun and enjoyment. In
contradistinction, environmentalism is the cultural imperative that demands
we act in an environmentally sustainable way and, most particularly, do this
by cutting back on consumption and against a backdrop of a impending
KW - Consumerism;Environmentalism;Consumption;Environmental Behaviour;Sustainable Development
DO -
UR -
ER -
Patrick Mullins, Dai-Yeun Jeong, John S. Western, Ian Lowe and Rod Simpson. (2004). Consumerism and Sustainable Development:An Austrailian-South Korean Comparative Study. Korean Social Science Journal, 31(1), 1-38.
Patrick Mullins, Dai-Yeun Jeong, John S. Western, Ian Lowe and Rod Simpson. 2004, "Consumerism and Sustainable Development:An Austrailian-South Korean Comparative Study", Korean Social Science Journal, vol.31, no.1 pp.1-38.
Patrick Mullins, Dai-Yeun Jeong, John S. Western, Ian Lowe, Rod Simpson "Consumerism and Sustainable Development:An Austrailian-South Korean Comparative Study" Korean Social Science Journal 31.1 pp.1-38 (2004) : 1.
Patrick Mullins, Dai-Yeun Jeong, John S. Western, Ian Lowe, Rod Simpson. Consumerism and Sustainable Development:An Austrailian-South Korean Comparative Study. 2004; 31(1), 1-38.
Patrick Mullins, Dai-Yeun Jeong, John S. Western, Ian Lowe and Rod Simpson. "Consumerism and Sustainable Development:An Austrailian-South Korean Comparative Study" Korean Social Science Journal 31, no.1 (2004) : 1-38.
Patrick Mullins; Dai-Yeun Jeong; John S. Western; Ian Lowe; Rod Simpson. Consumerism and Sustainable Development:An Austrailian-South Korean Comparative Study. Korean Social Science Journal, 31(1), 1-38.
Patrick Mullins; Dai-Yeun Jeong; John S. Western; Ian Lowe; Rod Simpson. Consumerism and Sustainable Development:An Austrailian-South Korean Comparative Study. Korean Social Science Journal. 2004; 31(1) 1-38.
Patrick Mullins, Dai-Yeun Jeong, John S. Western, Ian Lowe, Rod Simpson. Consumerism and Sustainable Development:An Austrailian-South Korean Comparative Study. 2004; 31(1), 1-38.
Patrick Mullins, Dai-Yeun Jeong, John S. Western, Ian Lowe and Rod Simpson. "Consumerism and Sustainable Development:An Austrailian-South Korean Comparative Study" Korean Social Science Journal 31, no.1 (2004) : 1-38.