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Introduction. Having emerged in the 1970s as public awareness of and concern for environmental problems increased, environmental sociology’s main goal is to understand the interconnections between human societies and the natural (or biophysical) environment. Environmental sociology has been described as comprising four major areas of research.
Find out more about the Kindle Personal Document Service. Theory in Environmental Sociology. Edited by Katharine Legun, Julie C. Keller, University of Rhode Island, Michael Carolan, Colorado State University, Michael M. Bell, University of Wisconsin, Madison. Book: The Cambridge Handbook of Environmental Sociology.
Oct 19, 2024 · Environmental Sociology is dedicated to applying and advancing the sociological imagination in relation to a wide variety of environmental challenges, controversies and issues, at every level from the global to local, from ‘world culture’ to diverse local perspectives. As an international, peer-reviewed scholarly journal, Environmental ...
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. We contend that two of the defining features of this field are (a) attention to the inseparability of human and nonhuman natures and (b) attention to the role that ...
Aug 1, 2014 · In the US, the contrasting of environmental sociology with ‘mainstream sociology’ created a need to demonstrate that environmental sociology is part of the sociological family, that is, to show that it is in line with fundamental sociological thought. 3 Central to the justification of its sociological status was the need to prove and deepen environmental sociology’s relation to classical ...
- Rolf Lidskog, Arthur Pj Mol, Peter Oosterveer
- 2015
Environmental sociology is the study of interactions between societies and their natural environment.The field emphasizes the social factors that influence environmental resource management and cause environmental issues, the processes by which these environmental problems are socially constructed and define as social issues, and societal responses to these problems.
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Nov 2, 2021 · This Handbook of Environmental Sociology brings together a spectrum of emerging scholars and leading thinkers in the field to present chapters that define the contours and further push the boundaries of environmental sociology. As editors, we asked the contributors to provide historical, theoretical, and methodological context for their chapters.
