Contemporary Collaborative Consumption (eBook)

Isabel Cruz, Institute of Sociology at the Faculty of Letters at the University of Porto.Rafaela Ganga, Research Associate at the Institute of Cultural Capital (ICC) at the University of Liverpool and Liverpool John Moores University.Stefan Wahlen, Assistant Professor for "Consumption Governance" at the Sociology of Consumption and Households group at Wageningen University.

Contents 6
Preface: Contemporary Collaborative Consumption. Trust and Reciprocity Revisited 8
Vorwort: Zeitgenössischer kollaborativer Konsum. Vertrauen und Reziprozität überdenken 10
1 Contemporary collaborative consumption: An introduction 12
Trust in collaborating and sharing 18
Reciprocity in collaborative consumption and production 20
References 24
2 Reciprocity in the sharing economy: the case for time banking platforms 27
Abstract 27
Zusammenfassung 27
Keywords 27
Reciprocity 2.0: between tradition and innovation 28
A question of time: sharing and reciprocity of time resources in contemporary society 32
Objectives and method 35
Time banking 2.0: how does reciprocity change ? 36
Concluding remarks 39
References 40
3 Collective representation on collaborative economy platforms 44
Abstract 44
Zusammenfassung 45
Keywords 45
Introduction 45
The business of collaborative consumption and collaborative economy 48
The consumer as producer and producer as consumer 51
Injustice in the collaborative economy 53
Possibilities for collective representation in the collaborative economy 55
Conclusion 60
References 61
4 “Foodsharing”: Reflecting on individualized collective action in a collaborative consumption community organisation 66
Abstract 66
Zusammenfassung 66
Keywords 67
Introduction: collaborative consumption and food waste 67
Understanding consumption as social practices 68
Political consumption as individual and collective activity 70
Methodological approach 72
Foodsharing as community movement organisation 73
Community structure, organisational resources and repertoires of action 73
Consumer Culture and Identity 79
Concluding remarks 82
References 83
5 Riding free-riders ? A study of the phenomenon of BlaBlaCar in Italy 85
Abstract 85
Zusammenfassung 85
Keywords 86
Introduction 86
Transportation and consumption 88
The BlaBlaCar case study 90
Methodology 91
The sharing economy perspective: make strangers believe in one another – the enterprise perspective 92
The carpooling experience: Savings and challenge – The consumer perspective 94
Understanding the BlaBlaCar world through the lens of contemporary collaborative consumption – a community of strangers 96
Conclusion 100
References 101
6 The sharing economy and young people: an exploratory research project 105
Abstract 105
Zusammenfassung 105
Keywords 105
Introduction 106
It is all about trust 109
Methodology, sample, and descriptive statistics 111
Thinking about the sharing economy 113
The more information, the better 120
Conclusions 131
References 133
Appendix 137
7 Collaborative consumption and trust-building processes in the emerging new food economy 138
Abstract 138
Zusammenfassung 138
Keywords 139
Introduction: the role of collaborative consumption in the emerging new food economy 139
Matters of trust in the emerging new food economy 141
Trust-building processes in some Italian case studies: a framework for exploratory research 146
Collaboration and trust at work in Italian CFNs 148
Conclusions 154
References 156
8 Shared use and owning of clothes: borrow, steal or inherit 160
Abstract 160
Zusammenfassung 160
Keywords 161
Introduction 161
Sharing 162
Earlier research on sharing of clothes 164
Material: six families in Norway 167
Findings 168
Motivation and consequences 178
Conclusion and further research 179
References 181
List of Authors 185