Encyclopedia of Consumption and Waste: The Social Science of Garbage

Carl A.Zimring; William L.Rathje

doi:10.4135/9781452218526

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William L. Rathje
In:Encyclopedia of Consumption and Waste: The Social Science of Garbage
Chapter DOI:https://doi.org/10.4135/9781452218526
Subject:Environmental Policy & Law (general), Environmental Sociology, Sociology of Consumption
Keywords:needs and wants

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The relationship between needs and wants has typically been difficult to define and the subject of much debate. It is possible, however, to discern a common trend in understanding. Needs are generally seen as material and nonnegotiable, and a direct link ...

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  Zimring, C. A., & Rathje, W. L. (2012). Needs and wants. In Encyclopedia of Consumption and Waste: The Social Science of Garbage (Vol. 2, pp. 582-582). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://doi.org/10.4135/9781452218526
  
  Zimring, Carl A., and William L. Rathje. "Needs and Wants." In Encyclopedia of Consumption and Waste: The Social Science of Garbage, edited by Zimring, Carl A., and William L. Rathje, 582-582. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2012. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781452218526.
  
  Zimring, C. A. and Rathje, W. L. 2012. Needs and Wants. In: Encyclopedia of Consumption and Waste: The Social Science of Garbage. Carl A. Zimring and William L. Rathje Editors, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 582 Available at: <https://doi.org/10.4135/9781452218526> [Accessed 6 Dec 2023].
  
  Zimring, Carl A. and William L. Rathje. "Needs and Wants." Encyclopedia of Consumption and Waste: The Social Science of Garbage. Edited by Vol. 2. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2012, pp. 582-582. Sage Knowledge, doi: https://doi.org/10.4135/9781452218526.
  
  Zimring, Carl A., and William L. Rathje. Needs and wants. In Encyclopedia of Consumption and Waste: The Social Science of Garbage. Vol. 2. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc.; 2012: 582-582. doi:10.4135/9781452218526
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