- 212 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
Environmental Sociology and Social Transformation demonstrates how sociological theory and research are critical for understanding the social drivers of global environmental destruction and the conditions for transformative change.
Written by two professors of sociology who are deeply involved in the international community of environmental sociology, Magnus Boström and Rolf Lidskog argue that we need to better understand society as well as the fundamentally social nature of environmental problems and how they can be addressed. The authors provide answers to why so many unsustainable practices are maintained and supported by institutions and actors despite widespread knowledge of their negative consequences. Employing a pluralistic sociological approach to the study of social transformations, the book is divided into five key themes: Causes, Distributions, Understandings, Barriers, and Transformation. Overall, the book offers an integrative and comprehensive understanding of the social dimension of (un)sustainability, societal inertia, and conditions for transformative change. It provides the reader with references from classic and contemporary sociology and uses pedagogical features including boxes and questions for discussion to help embed learning.
Arguing that a broad and deep social transformation is needed to avoid a global civilization crisis, Environmental Sociology and Social Transformation will be a great resource for students and scholars who are exploring current environmental challenges and the societal conditions for meeting them.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Endorsements Pages
- Half Title
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- List of figures
- List of boxes
- List of abbreviations
- 1 Crisis: The need for social transformation
- 2 Causes: The social roots of environmental problems
- 3 Distributions: The social spread of environmental problems
- 4 Understandings: The social sense-making of environmental problems
- 5 Barriers: Social resistance through inadequate solutions
- 6 Transformation: Ways of changing society
- Index