Title: An integrated model of sustainable consumption promotion based on the tripod of the democratic-participatory ideal – civil society, government, and market

Authors: Verônica Macário De Oliveira; Carla Regina Pasa Gómez; Adriana Fumi Chim-Miki; Suzanne Érica Nóbrega Correia

Addresses: Federal University of Campina Grande, Aprígio Veloso, 882, Universitário,Campina Grande – PB, CEP: 58429-900, Brazil ' Federal University of Pernambuco, Av. Prof. Moraes Rego, 1235, Cidade Universitária, Recife, PE, CEP: 50670-901, Brazil ' Federal University of Campina Grande, Aprígio Veloso, 882, Universitário,Campina Grande – PB, CEP: 58429-900, Brazil ' Federal University of Campina Grande, Aprígio Veloso, 882, Universitário,Campina Grande – PB, CEP: 58429-900, Brazil

Abstract: The promotion of sustainable consumption in developing countries in a systematic perspective is still an unexplored topic in the literature. This paper identifies the central role of stakeholders in promoting sustainable consumption. From a first literature review, an initial set of parts in promoting sustainable consumption was extracted – subsequently, qualitative research using the policy Delphi method. Based on a panel of experts' perceptions, an integrated model of the roles of promoting sustainable consumption was validated. The panel consisted of 40 experts in the field distributed into four groups: scholars, government, firms, and civil society. The results suggested that sustainable consumption issues include both consumption and production, imposing the necessity of action and articulation among distinct groups to obtain necessary changes. However, there is a concentration on the meso-level and government to promote sustainable consumption in developing countries.

Keywords: sustainable consumption; tripod of the democratic-participatory ideal; policy Delphi; developing countries.

DOI: 10.1504/IJESD.2022.123934

International Journal of Environment and Sustainable Development, 2022 Vol.21 No.3, pp.327 - 345

Accepted: 22 Nov 2020
Published online: 05 Jul 2022 *

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