Climate Change and Society - Sociological Perspectives

Zusatztext For a crisis that demands a profound re-thinking of our most fundamental, socially-rooted systems, sociological perspectives are far too seldom part of the climate conversation. I have learned so much from the impressive list of contributors to this book, which is filled with highly useful analyses and startling insights. It is that rare volume that will be an invaluable resource for anyone engaged in the climate fight: scholars, activists, and concerned citizens alike. Informationen zum Autor Riley E. Dunlap is Dresser Professor and Regents Professor in the Department of Sociology at Oklahoma State University, and previously served as Boeing Distinguished Professor of Environmental Sociology at Washington State University. He is senior editor of the Handbook of Environmental Sociology (Greenwood Press, 2002) and Sociological Theory and the Environment (Rowman Littlefield, 2002).Dr. Robert Brulle is a Professor of Sociology and Environmental Science in the Department of Sociology at Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He has published numerous scholarly articles, and is the author of Agency, Democracy and the Environment: The U.S. Environmental Movement from the Perspective of Critical Theory (MIT Press) and, with David Pellow, is the co-editor of Power, Justice and the Environment (MIT Press). Klappentext Both the causes of and solutions to climate change are grounded in human society. Climate Change and Society summarizes the existing approaches to understanding the social dimensions of climate change from a variety of theoretical and empirical perspectives, analyzing its origins, impacts, and responses. Zusammenfassung Both the causes of and solutions to climate change are grounded in human society. Climate Change and Society summarizes the existing approaches to understanding the social dimensions of climate change from a variety of theoretical and empirical perspectives, analyzing its origins, impacts, and responses....

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• Authors: Riley E. Dunlap, Riley E. (Professor and Regents Professor Dunlap, Riley E. Brulle Dunlap
• Assisted by: Robert J. Brulle (Editor), Brulle Robert J. (Editor), Riley E. Dunlap (Editor), Dunlap Riley E. (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.11.2015
• EAN: 9780199356102
• ISBN: 978-0-19-935610-2
• No. of pages: 480
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Soziologie, Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, Humangeographie, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, International Relations, The environment, Political science & theory, Science / Environmental Science, Sociology & anthropology, Political science and theory, Sociology and anthropology