Twenty Lessons in Environmental Sociology

by Gould, Kenneth A.; Lewis, Tammy L.

• ISBN13: 9780195371123
• ISBN10: 0195371127
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-08-20
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

"This text is impressively comprehensive, and the treatment of the Global South is especially good. The material is sociological, engaging, and at an appropriate level for undergraduates. If I teach the course again, I would use this book." -Craig Humphrey, Pennsylvania State University

Author Biography

Kenneth A. Gould is Professor and Chair of Sociology at Brooklyn College and Professor of Sociology at the CUNY Graduate Center. He is coauthor of Environment and Society: The Enduring Conflict (1994).
Tammy L. Lewis is Associate Professor of Sociology at Muhlenberg College. She is coauthor of Environment, Energy, and Society: A New Synthesis (2002).

Table of Contents

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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