Environmental Sociology: From Analysis to Action The third edition of this reader includes thirteen new pieces that examine how social dimensions, particularly power and inequality, interact with environmental issues.Environmental Sociology encourages students to use the sociological imagination to explore a broad spectrum of issues facing the en
Title | : | Environmental Sociology: From Analysis to Action |
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Rating | : | 4.55 (154 Votes) |
Asin | : | 1442220767 |
Format Type | : | Paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 458 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 2013-07-29 |
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Environmental Sociology encourages students to use the sociological imagination to explore a broad spectrum of issues facing the environment today. The third edition of this reader includes thirteen new pieces that examine how social dimensions, particularly power and inequality, interact with environmental issues.
The textbook opens with an updated introduction that introduces students to key concepts and provides a brief overview of environmental sociology as a field. The readings, excerpts from recently published pieces, are arranged by sociological issue and use a range of perspectives, including environmental justice, risk society, and power structure research. Topics span coal mining, food justice, climate change, and more. Each reading is chosen to be accessible and engaging to undergraduate students and is preceded by a brief introduction to provide context.
As the environmental challenges facing our world become ever more pressing, Environmental Sociology
Editorial : A thoughtful collection of evidence-based and up-to-date research articles that clearly illuminates the social factors and consequences of our intimate and interconnected relationship with nature, and the environment. This is a useful collection for a wide array of students and instructors interested in tackling today's environmental problems, especially as they are influenced by human institutions and behaviors and have consequences for human health and wellbeing. (Sara Curran, University of Washington)
King and Auriffeille’s edited volume contains sociological work examining human-environment interaction through a critical lens. By engaging readers in such crucial areas as political economy (domestic and global), environmental inequality, industrial disasters, and the politicization of science/knowledge, this volume cultivates an awareness and deepens an understanding in some of the fundamental theoretical and empirical questions driving the field of environmental so
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