UID:
almafu_9959231087702883
Format:
1 online resource (xii, 257 pages) :
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illustrations
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-4462-2755-3
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1-4462-2013-3
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1-283-88047-4
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1-4462-6490-4
Series Statement:
Sage studies in international sociology ; 50
Content:
Taking a global perspective, this book argues that we can only make sense of environmental issues if we consider them as part of a more encompassing process of social transformation.
Note:
"This volume originated out of a conference on 'Social Theory and the Environment' organized under the auspices of the International Sociological Association (ISA) by the Research Group on 'Environment and Society'"--Pref.
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Cover; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; List of Contributors; Chapter 1 - Introduction: Globalization, Modernity and the Environment; Chapter 2 - Classical Theory and Contemporary Environmental Sociology: Some Reflections on the Antecedents and Prospects for Reflexive Modernization Theories in the Study of Environment and Society; Chapter 3 - Ecological Modernization Theory and the Changing Discourse on Environment and Modernity; Chapter 4 - Modern Theories of Society and the Environment: The Risk Society
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Chapter 5 - Social Constructions and Social Constrictions: Toward Analyzing the Social Construction of 'the Naturalized' as Well as 'the Natural'; Chapter 6 - Globalization and Environment: Between Apocalypse-Blindness and Ecological Modernization; Chapter 7 - Environmental Social Theory for a Globalizing World Economy; Chapter 8 - The Ideology of Ecological Modernization in 'Double-Risk' Societies: A Case Study of Lithuanian Environmental Policy; Chapter 9 - Political Modernization Theory and Environmental Politics; Chapter 10 - Ecological Modernization and Post-Ecologist Politics; Chapter 11 - Self-Organizing Complexity, Conscious Purpose and 'Sustainable Development'; Index
,
English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-7619-6766-4
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-7619-6767-2
Language:
English
