Sociological Studies of Environmental Conflict

This book explores the power struggles over natural resources and expounds on how resolutions are negotiated and maintained. Essays included in the volume survey the factors and the influence they have in framing and resolving environmental issues such as fracking, shared waters, and environmental threats.

List of contents

Introduction: The Environmental Studies of Natural Resources by Sebahattin Ziyanak, Dian Jordan, and Mehmet Soyer
Chapter 1: Civil Disobedience and Anti-Fracking Activism: Sandra Steingraber's Ironic Standpoint of Praxis by Mollie Murphy
Chapter 2: A Power Struggle over Fracking in Denton, Texas by Mehmet Soyer and Sebahattin Ziyanak
Chapter 3: Theories of Environmental Social Problems: A Synthesis of News Media in the Power Struggles by Sebahattin Ziyanak and Mehmet Soyer
Chapter 4: Public Health and Environmental Concerns by Sebahattin Ziyanak, Mehmet Soyer, and Dorothy Jackson
Chapter 5: Theoretical and Practical Implications: Soyer - Ziyanak's Stages of Social Problem Model by Mehmet Soyer and Sebahattin Ziyanak
Chapter 6: International Boundaries: Water of the Rio Grande by Dian Jordan
Chapter 7: Supreme Justice: The Ruling for Red River Water by Dian Jordan
Chapter 8: Political Cooperation for American Indian Water Rights at Sardis Lake by Dian Jordan
Index
About the Authors

About the author

By Sebahattin Ziyanak; Mehmet Soyer and Dian Jordan - Contributions by Dorothy Jackson and Mollie Murphy

Summary

This book explores the power struggles over natural resources and expounds on how resolutions are negotiated and maintained. Essays included in the volume survey the factors and the influence they have in framing and resolving environmental issues such as fracking, shared waters, and environmental threats.

Product details

• Authors: Dian Jordan, Dian Soyer Jordan, Mehmet Soyer, Sebahattin Ziyanak, Sebahattin Soyer Ziyanak, Ziyanak Sebahattin
• Publisher: University Press Of America
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2019
• EAN: 9780761871743
• ISBN: 978-0-7618-7174-3
• No. of pages: 132
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Natural science; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / General, environmental science, engineering & technology, Conservation of the environment, Environmental policy & protocols, Environmental science, engineering and technology, Environmental policy and protocols, Conservation;Environmental Studies;Natrural Resources