ABSTRACT
With a shared agenda of going ‘beyond behaviour change’ to achieve transformational change for sustainability, contributors to this edited collection have taken theories of social practice into the dynamic world of intervention. Drawing on findings from a range of applied and theoretically inspired projects conducted in Australia, the UK, Europe and the US, authors have examined theories of practice and attempts to govern, steer or transform social life through policies, programmes and research. Contributors have included key social practice theorists and consumption scholars seeking to improve environmental sustainability, with a focus on industrialised nations and contemporary societies. In this concluding chapter we review the book’s main contributions, in particular how authors have addressed some of the limitations levelled at theories of social practice, and what future directions have emerged for understanding and intervening in change for sustainability.
