Every day, we are presented with a range of “sustainable” products and activities—from “green” cleaning supplies to carbon offsets—but with so much labeled as “sustainable,” the term has become essentially sustainababble, at best indicating a practice or product slightly less da…
Combining fronline investigation with startling new data, this book shows how the way we live now has created a global food crisis - and what we can do to fix it.
This study presents the relation between technology and nature. Initially, the "instrumentalization" of nature and the relation between science and technology is explored. The final section elaborates the role that the social sciences can play in these debates is assessed.
This wide-ranging and accessible contribution to the study of risk, ecology and environment helps us to understand the politics of ecology and the place of social theory in making sense of environmental issues. The book provides insights into the complex dynamics of change in 'r…
"In a post-Cold War world, a world at peace, over 12 million Third-World children die from preventable causes every year. That is one million children every month. These casualties of poverty and the appalling environmental conditions typical of many developing countries, are th…
The book identifies the emergence and increasing political importance of ecological modernization as a new language in environmental politics.
A new edition of the title, which examines the nature of contemporary environmental politics, analysing the emergence and sustenance of institutional perceptions of environmental problems.
This study seeks to open the way for a better understanding of the environmental conflict, showing how language can be seen to shape our view of what environmental politics is really about and how those perceptions can differ between countries.
This book is international in focus, interdisciplinary in presentation, & illustrated throughout with examples. It brings a sociological focus to environmental issues & explains the complex interrelation between environmentalism & globalization.
This book is international in focus, interdisciplinary in presentation, & illustrated throughout with examples. It brings a sociological focus to environmental issues & explains the complex interrelation between environmentalism & globalization.
The international handbook of environmental sociology is a major interdisciplinary reference work on the developing field of environmental sociology. It consists of over 30 specially commissioned essays by leading scholars from around the world. These original essays examine a w…
