Annotated Table of Contents | p. viii |
Acknowledgments | p. xvii |
About the Contributors | p. xviii |
An Introduction to Environmental Sociology | p. 1 |
Theory | |
The Social Construction of Nature: Of Computers, Butterflies, Dogs, and Trucks | p. 11 |
Theories in Environmental Sociology | p. 25 |
Systemic Causes of Environmental Disruption | |
The State and Policy: Imperialism, Exclusion, and Ecological Violence as State Policy | p. 47 |
Labor Productivity and the Environment | p. 59 |
Corporate Power: The Role of the Global Media in Shaping What We Know About the Environment | p. 68 |
The Science of Nature and the Nature of Science | p. 85 |
Technological Change and the Environment | p. 95 |
Population, Demography, and the Environment | p. 107 |
Some Social Consequences of Environmental Disruption | |
Environmental Inequality and Environmental Justice | p. 127 |
The Sociology of Environmental Health | p. 142 |
From Farms to Factories: The Environmental Consequences of Swine Industrialization in North Carolina | p. 153 |
Understanding Disaster Vulnerability: Floods and Hurricanes | p. 176 |
Climate Change: Why the Old Approaches Aren't Working | p. 191 |
Some Social Responses to Environmental Disruption | |
U.S. Environmental Movements | p. 211 |
Labor and the Environment | p. 228 |
Environmental Movements in the Global South | p. 244 |
Indigenous Cultures: Environmental Knowledge, Practice, and Rights | p. 255 |
The Paradoxes of Sustainable Development: Focus on Ecotourism | p. 269 |
Conclusion: Unanswered Questions and the Future of Environmental Sociology | p. 290 |
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