Controversies in Environmental Sociology (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: White, Robert

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This comprehensive textbook deals with the key issues and controversies in environmental sociology today. Each chapter deals with discrete issues in a manner that captures the main debates, the central figures, and the social nature of environmental-related trends. The text reflects international developments in the area, as well as drawing upon specific case examples and materials. It includes contributions from leading experts in the field, and is compiled by one of Australia's best-known sociologists, Professor Rob White. Written in an accessible language, with further reading lists for students at the end of each chapter, Controversies in Environmental Sociology provides a timely introduction to the subject.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Oktober 2004
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780511206931
• Artikelnr.: 38206136

Autorenporträt

Rob White is Professor of Sociology at the University of Tasmania.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: sociology, society and the environment Rob White; Part I.
Social Perspectives: 1. Old traditions and new ages: religions and
environments Doug Ezzy; 2. Social nature: the environmental challenge to
mainstream social theory Stewart Lockie; 3 Gender, eco-feminism and the
environment Val Plumwood; 4. Animals, nature and human interests Lyle
Munro; 5. Governing environmental harms in a risk society Vaughan Higgins
and Kristin Natalier; Part II. Social Trends: 6. When the population clock
stops ticking Natalie Jackson; 7. Inequality, social differences and
environmental resources Roberta Julian; 8. Sustainable technology: beyond
fix and fixation Aidan Davison; 9. Think global, act local: scalar
challenges to sustainable development of oceans, coasts and islands Elaine
Stratford; 10. Citizenship and sustainability: rights, responsibilities and
citizen virtues in the global transition Julie Davidson; 11. The
environmental movement: where to from here? Bruce Tranter; Part III. Social
Issues: 12. Moulding and manipulating the news Sharon Beder; 13.
Agricultural production and the ecological question Geoff Lawrence, Lynda
Cheshire and Carol Ackroyd Richards; 14. Pathological environments Peter
Curson and Lindie Clark; 15. Assessing the social consequences of planned
interventions Frank Vanclay; 16. Criminology, social regulation and
environmental harm Rob White.