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The Environment: A Sociological Introduction

Philip W. Sutton
ISBN: 978-0-7456-3432-6
Hardcover
208 pages
April 2007, Polity
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  • The Environment: A Sociological Introduction
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • CHAPTER ONE Natural Environments
  • 1. Defining Nature and Environment
  • 2. Humans in Natural Environments
  • 3. Natural and Artificial Environments
  • 4. Conclusion
  • CHAPTER TWO Knowing the Environment
  • 1. Involvement and Detachment
  • 2. The Scientific Revolution
  • 3. Social Constructions of Nature
  • 4. Critical Realism
  • 5. Conclusion
  • CHAPTER THREE Experiencing the Environment
  • 1. An Environment of the Senses
  • 2. Experiencing Environments
  • 3. Ecological Identifications
  • 4. Ecological Citizenship
  • CHAPTER FOUR Transforming the Environment
  • 1. Social Development and the Environment
  • 2. Industrialization
  • 3. Urbanization
  • 4. The Treadmill of Production and Consumption
  • CHAPTER FIVE Polluting the Environment
  • 1. Types of Pollution
  • 2. Awareness and Significance of Pollution
  • 3. Sensitivity to Risks
  • 4. Conclusion
  • CHAPTER SIX Defending the Environment
  • 1. Changing Attitudes
  • 2. The Modern Origins of Nature Conservation
  • 3. The Development of Environmentalism
  • 4. Conclusion
  • CHAPTER SEVEN Politicising the Environment
  • 1. A Politics of Nature
  • 2. Ecologism: A New Political Ideology
  • 3. The Emergence of Green Parties
  • 4. Conclusion
  • CHAPTER EIGHT Sustaining the Environment
  • 1. The Idea of Sustainable Development
  • 2. A Brief History of Sustainable Development
  • 3. Sustainable Development in Practice
  • 4. Can Societies Become Sustainable?
  • 5. Conclusion
  • CHAPTER NINE A Global Environment?
  • 1. What is Globalization?
  • 2. The Biosphere as Environment
  • 3. Global Problems, Global Solutions?
  • 4. Conclusion
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Index