Nature, Environment and Society
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Nature, Environment and Society

  1. 216 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Nature, Environment and Society

About this book

How have sociologists responded to the emergence of environmentalism? What has sociology to offer the study of environmental problems? This uniquely comprehensive guide traces the origins and development of environmental movements and environmental issues, providing a critical review of the most significant debates in the new field of environmental sociology. It covers environmental ideas, environmental movements, social constructionism, critical realism, 'ecocentric' theory, environmental identities, risk society theory, sustainable development, Green consumerism, ecological modernization and debates around modernity and post- modernity. Philip Sutton adopts a long-term view, which focuses on the relationship between ideas of nature and environment, ecological identities and social change, providing a framework for future research.
Bringing environmental isssues into contact with sociological theories, Nature, Environment and Society provides an up-to-date introduction to this important new field. It will be essential reading for all students of sociology, environmental studies and anyone interested in understanding environmental problems.

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Information

Year
2017
Print ISBN
9780333995679
eBook ISBN
9780230212442

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. List of Tables
  8. Acknowledgements
  9. Introduction
  10. 1 Modern Ideas of Nature and Environment
  11. 2 The Development of Environmental Movements
  12. 3 Theorising the Social and the Natural
  13. 4 The Ecocentric Challenge for Society and Sociology
  14. 5 Living with Gaia: Deep Ecological and Social Selves
  15. 6 Environmentalism in a Risk Society
  16. 7 Modernity as an Unfinished Ecological Project
  17. 8 Postmodernity, Poststructuralism and Ecological Diversity
  18. 9 Environment, Self and Society
  19. Bibliography
  20. Index