Environmental sociology

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Title:

Author:

Hannigan, John A., 1948-

ISBN:

9780415355124

9780415355131

Personal Author:

Hannigan, John A., 1948-

Edition:

2nd ed.

Publication Information:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2006.

Physical Description:

xiii, 194 pages ; 24 cm

Contents:

Environmental sociology as a field of inquiry -- Contemporary theoretical approaches to environmental sociology -- Environmental discourse -- Discourse, power relations and political ecology -- Social construction of environmental issues and problems -- Media and environmental communication -- Science, scientists and environmental problems -- Risk -- Biodiversity loss : the successful 'career' of a global environmental problem -- Towards an 'emergence' model of environment and society.

Abstract:

In this book the author argues that society's willingness to recognise and solve environmental problems rests primarily upon the claim-making activities of a number of issue entrepreneurs in science, mass-media and politics.

Subject Term:

Environmental sociology.

Environmentalism -- Social aspects.

Écologisme -- Aspect social.

Environmental sociology. (OCoLC)fst01749638

Electronic Access:

Table of contents http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip068/2006003798.html
Publisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0654/2006003798-d.html

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Summary

This new edition of John Hannigan's well-known and respected text has been thoroughly revised to reflect recent conceptual and empirical advances in environmental sociology. The book offers a distinctive and even-handed treatment of environmental issues and debates, integrating European theoretical contributions such as risk society and ecological modernization with North American empirical insights and findings. Key updates include:

an extended discussion of how classic sociological theory relates to contemporary environmental sociology a critical overview of contemporary interdisciplinary perspectives, namely co-constructionist theories of 'socionature' a focus on cultural sociologies of the environment, notably discourse analysis and social framing updated coverage of the environmental justice movement and grassroots mobilizations a review of the linkages between environmental sociology and the sociology of disasters a brand new case history chapter on the escalating global conflict over freshwater resources.

Making a strong case for centrally incorporating power relations into a realist/constructionist model of environmental knowledge, politics and policy-making, this book includes a comparative analysis of the USA, Britain and Canada, and will prove a valuable student resource.