Environmental Sociology - Risk and Sustainability in Modernity

Environmental Sociology: Risk and Sustainability in Modernity examines the encounter between sociology and contemporary environmental issues. It presents the proposal for an environmental sociology considering the dilemmas surrounding sustainable development, ecological modernization, and risk society.

List of contents

Introduction
Chapter 1. Greening Sociology: The Challenge of Environmental Sociology
Chapter 2. Ecological Modernization: Economic Growth versus Environmental Protection
Chapter 3. The Challenge of Sustainability: Sociology, Justice, and Democracy
Chapter 4. Ecological Modernity: Risk, Science, and Politics
Conclusion
References
About the Author

About the author

Cristiano L. Lenzi is a sociologist and professor of environmental sociology at the School of Arts, Sciences, and Humanities at the University of São Paulo.

Summary

Environmental Sociology: Risk and Sustainability in Modernity examines the encounter between sociology and contemporary environmental issues. It presents the proposal for an environmental sociology considering the dilemmas surrounding sustainable development, ecological modernization, and risk society.

Product details

• Authors: Cristiano Luis Lenzi
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2022
• EAN: 9781666911503
• ISBN: 978-1-66691-150-3
• No. of pages: 202
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; NATURE / General, Sociology, Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, natural history, Nature & the natural world: general interest, Conservation of the environment