Sociological Theory and the Environment Classical Foundations, Contemprary Insights

Name: Sociological Theory and the Environment Classical Foundations, Contemprary Insights
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ISBN: 9780742501867

ISBN-10: 0742501868

ISBN-13: 9780742501867

Edition: 2001

Authors: Riley E. Dunlap

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Nearly all of the major perspectives, focal points and debates in environmental sociology are reflected in this collection of essays. The volume exceeds the bounds of conventional theory by surveying societies and their natural biophysical environments.

Book details

List price: $42.95
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/29/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English



Preface



Introduction and Overview



Sociological Theory and the Environment: An Overview and Introduction




The Classical Tradition and Environmental Sociology



Environmental Sociology and the Classical Sociological Tradition: Some Observations on Current Controversies




A Green Marxism? Labor Processes, Alienation, and the Division of Labor




Ecological Materialism and the Sociology of Max Weber




Has the Durkheim Legacy Misled Sociology?




Environmental Sociology and Twentieth-Century Sociological Theory



Social Theory and the Environment: A Systems-Theoretical Perspective




Dynamic Constellations of the Individual, Society, and Nature: Critical Theory and Environmental Sociology




World-System Theory and the Environment: Toward a New Synthesis




Sociological Theory and Environmental Sociology in the Late 1990s: Modernity, Culture, and the Natural World



Modernity, Politics, and the Environment: A Theoretical Perspective




Inconspicuous Consumption: The Sociology of Consumption, Lifestyles, and the Environment




Social Theory and Ecological Politics: Reflexive Modernization or Green Socialism?




The Social Construction of Environmental Problems: A Theoretical Review and Some Not-Very-Herculean Labors




When the Global Meets the Local: Critical Reflections on Reflexive Modernization




Cultural Analysis and Environmental Theory: An Agenda




Sociological Paradigms and Environmental Sociology



Paradigms, Theories, and Environmental Sociology



Index


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