ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIOLOGY: (Classical Foundations, Contemporary Insights)

Book Details

• Author: Frederick H. Buttel, Riley E. Dunlap

• Publisher: Rawat Publications

• Binding: Hardcover

• Release Date: 01-02-2017

• ISBN: 9788131608234

• Pages: 368

• Languages: English

• Dimensions: 8.7 x 7.1 x 1.2 inches

• Sale Territory: India

About the Book

"Environmental Sociology: Classical Foundations, Contemporary Insights" offers an in-depth exploration of the relationship between society and the natural environment from a sociological perspective. This comprehensive work surveys classical and modern sociological theories, addressing critical issues and perspectives in environmental sociology today. The book delves into a wide array of topics such as globalization, ecological modernization, risk society, environmental movements, and cultural sociology of the environment.

The book examines various sociological theories, from Marxism to Durkheim’s legacy, and connects them with contemporary environmental concerns. Additionally, it explores significant debates in the field, such as ecological modernization versus the "limits" viewpoint and the intersection of modernity, politics, and the environment. Furthermore, it looks at the role of consumption, environmental identities, and the social construction of environmental problems.

Beyond cataloging existing theories, this text emphasizes the potential to forge new connections between environmental sociology and both classical and contemporary sociological theories. It serves as a critical resource for students and scholars interested in the relationship between society and the environment, offering both theoretical insights and practical applications.

Contents

• Sociological Theory and the Environment

• Environmental Sociology and the Classical Sociological Tradition

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

• Ecological Materialism and the Sociology of Max Weber

• Has the Durkheim Legacy Misled Sociology?

• Social Theory and the Environment

• Dynamic Constellations of the Individual, Society, and Nature

• World-System Theory and the Environment

• Modernity, Politics, and the Environment

• Inconspicuous Consumption

• Social Theory and Ecological Politics

• The Social Construction of Environmental Problems

• When the Global Meets the Local

• Cultural Analysis and Environmental Theory

• Paradigms, Theories, and Environmental Sociology

About the Authors
Riley E. Dunlap is the Boeing Distinguished Professor of Environmental Sociology at Washington State University. He has served as the president of the International Sociological Association’s Research Committee on Environment and Society.

Frederick H. Buttel is a professor of rural sociology and environmental studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is the current president of the Research Committee on Environment and Society of the International Sociological Association.

Peter Dickens is a senior research fellow at the University of Cambridge and a fellow at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge.

August Gijswijt retired from the University of Amsterdam as an environmental sociologist and co-founded the Research Committee on Environment and Science in 1990.