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Aug 1, 2014 · Taking this debate as a point of departure this article discusses the current and future role of sociology in a globalised world. It discusses how environmental sociology in the US and Europe differ in their understandings of sociology’s contribution to the study of the environment.
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- Social Constructionism and Critical Realism
- Structure and Agency Dynamics
- Historical Analysis and Historical Specificity
- The Necessity of Collective Action
Sociology highlights that the norms, values, and generalized assumptions that often appear as common sense to most people are socially produced or constructed and particular to specific times and places. Peter Berger and Thomas Luckmann explain that “the developing human being not only interrelates with a particular natural environment, but with a ...
Social structures exist and they are both socially constructed and real. They are “recursively organized sets of rules and resources” that are socially produced, reproduced, and patterned across space and time . Sociological thought begins from the recognition that social forces act upon individuals in ways that are beyond immediate recognition and...
Analyzing structure and agency are crucial for understanding individual behavior in the social order, what Mills referred to as the relationship between “history and biography” . Social structures involve historical processes that emerge, persist, and change and, in that sense, they are sedimented institutions. The work of the founders of sociologi...
As a solutions-oriented field, sustainability science underscores the potential for social change and transformations for meeting sustainability goals. The centrality of social structures in generating and perpetuating sustainability problems, and the limited capacity of individuals in isolation to change social structures, means that addressing su...
- Stefano B. Longo, Stefano B. Longo, Ellinor Isgren, Brett Clark, Andrew K. Jorgenson, Anne Jerneck, ...
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Jul 8, 2015 · Environmental sociologists have a long-held ambition to transform sociology – to outgrow our sub-disciplinary niche and redefine the mainstream. Many of us firmly believe that environmental sociolo...
- Stewart Lockie
- 2015
Feb 16, 2016 · Endorsement of the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is good news for environmental sociologists. The explicit linking of social, economic and environmental targets sends a clear message about the importance of the social sciences and the need for genuinely multidisciplinary research and development programs.
- Stewart Lockie
- 2016
Environmental sociology has well-developed materialist explanations of socio-natures, but how can we explain social action and inaction in response to ecological issues and subjects? Most
Environmental sociology has become a mature field within the discipline of sociology. We consider several of the key theories that define the core and boundaries of the field, calling attention to debates and unresolved questions.
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Apr 24, 2020 · Many global environmental changes are being addressed outside academia through citizen activism, non-governmental organizations, and social movements. Sustainability science could be leading some of these activities instead of merely studying or observing them.
