Paul Robbins, John G. Hintz, Sarah A. Moore

Environment and Society (eBook, ePUB)

A Critical Introduction

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Environment and Society: A Critical Introduction is an overview of the diverse conceptual tools and traditions for thinking about, explaining and addressing the environmental challenges we face in the contemporary world. * Provides an introduction to the environmental challenges we face in the contemporary world through foundational theoretical ideas illustrated with concrete, everyday examples * Utilizes compelling, conversational language to expound on theory, history, and scientific topics, making the text accessible to a diverse readership * Draws upon contemporary theoretical understandings in nature/society theory while demonstrating through practice and deployment * Includes discussion of key historical events, topical issues, and policies, as well as scientific concepts

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. September 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781444358629
• Artikelnr.: 38306541

Autorenporträt

Paul Robbins is a Professor in the School of Geography and Development at the University of Arizona, Tucson. His current research centers on the relationships between individuals, environmental actors, and the institutions that connect them. Robbins is also the author of Political Ecology: A Critical Introduction (2004) and Lawn People: How Grasses Weeds and Chemicals Make us Who We Are (2007). John Hintz is Assistant Professor of Geography and Geosciences at the Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. His current research focuses on land use conflicts, environmental policy, and the US environmental movement. He has most recently published in the journals Capitalism Nature Socialism and Ethics, Place and Environment. Sarah A. Moore is Assistant Professor in the School of Geography and Development at the University of Arizona, Tucson. Her research focuses on urban development politics, urban environmental issues, and environmental justice in the United States and Latin America. Her publications include articles in the Professional Geographer and Society and Natural Resources.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: The View from Clifton Bridge

Part I

2. Population & Scarcity

3. Markets & Commodities

4. Institutions and "The Commons"

5. Environmental Ethics

6. Risks & Hazards

7. Political Economy

8. Social Construction of Nature

Part II: Objects of Concern

9. Carbon Dioxide

10. Trees

11. Wolves

12. Tuna

13. Bottled Water

14. French Fries

Rezensionen

"Combining theory and case material, this title provides an accessible insight into one of the most important issues of our time." (The Environmentalist, May 2010)"This innovatively structured work, from some of the field's mostcreative thinkers, sheds fresh light on some familiar butintractable subjects. This is one of those rare books thatholds out the promise that you will think differently after you putit down than you did when you picked it up."
--Michael R. Dove, Yale University

"At last, a text that renders the recent and voluminous researchinto society-nature relations both accessible and engaging. Itsucceeds superbly in blending theory and case material, resultingin a rich and challenging text."
--Noel Castree, University of Manchester

"At last a rigorous environmental text suitable forundergraduates based on current theory, so badly needed to move onfrom the tired platitudes that have dominated discussion overenvironment and society for the last four decades. I especiallyappreciated its inclusion of objects ranging from carbon dioxide tofrench fries, clearly demonstrating how environment and society areinseparably entangled."
--Jim Proctor, Lewis & Clark College