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Item Details
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SOCIETY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
PRAGMATIC SOLUTIONS TO ECOLOGICAL ISSUES |
| By: |
Michael Carolan |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| List price:
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£52.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0813345944 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780813345949 |
| Publisher: |
THE PERSEUS BOOKS GROUP |
| Pub. date: |
1 March, 2013 |
| Pages: |
352 |
| Description: |
A new way to understand global environmental issues, emphasizing the interaction between the social and material worlds in order to expand students' sociological imagination and to illustrate possible solutions. |
| Synopsis: |
Talking about global environmental issues need not be an exercise in gloom, doom, and individual sacrifice--as Michael Carolan ably demonstrates in this introduction to environmental sociology. Society and the Environment examines today's environmental controversies within a socio-organizational context. After outlining the contours of "pragmatic environmentalism," Carolan explores the material world: air, water, biodiversity, and trash. He considers the pressures that exist where ecology and society collide, such as population growth and its associated increased demands for food and energy. Finally, he drills into the social/structural dynamics--including political economy and the international legal system--that create ongoing momentum for environmental ills. This interdisciplinary text features a three-part structure in each chapter that covers "fast facts" about the issue at hand, examines its wide-ranging implications, and offers pragmatic consideration of possible real-world solutions. Bolstering the analysis, a variety of boxes highlight relevant case studies as well as the value judgments which lurk everywhere in talk about environmental phenomena.Discussion questions and key terms enhance the text's usefulness, making Society and the Environment the perfect learning tool for courses on environmental sociology. |
| Illustrations: |
black & white illustrations |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Westview Press Inc |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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