Shocks, States, and Sustainability - The Origins of Radical Environmental Reforms

Shocks, States, and Sustainability outlines a theory for when we can expect long-term changes toward sustainability. Thomas K. Rudel offers historical comparisons of radical reforms in environmental practices to show that societies become more sustainable in the aftermath of earth-shaking events events that underline the limits of our natural resources.

List of contents

• 1. Introduction


• 2. Radical Environmental Reforms: A Theory


• 3. The Great Plains: Soil Conservation during the 'Dirty Thirties'


• 4. England: Green Belts after World War II


• 5. Cuba: Agro-Ecological Farming after the Soviet Collapse


• 6. Coastal Maine: A Catch and Sometimes Release Lobster Fishery


• 7. The World: Reforms in a Global Environmental Cage


• 8. Radical Environmental Reforms in Comparative Perspective


• 9. Conclusions


• References

About the author

Thomas K. Rudel is Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Departments of Human Ecology and Sociology at Rutgers University.

Summary

Shocks, States, and Sustainability outlines a theory for when we can expect long-term changes toward sustainability. Thomas K. Rudel offers historical comparisons of radical reforms in environmental practices to show that societies become more sustainable in the aftermath of earth-shaking events events that underline the limits of our natural resources.

Additional text

We have tons of environmental books about why we are doomed and how society cannot change to be more sustainable. Most of our social theories don't have a mechanism for positive change. With unusual cases where reform actually did happen and an original theoretical approach, Tom Rudel has sought to address that. In short, there is no book like this one.

Product details

• Authors: Thomas K. Rudel, Thomas K. (Distinguished Professor Emeritus Rudel, Rudel Thomas K.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.03.2019
• EAN: 9780190921026
• ISBN: 978-0-19-092102-6
• No. of pages: 232
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sustainability, NATURE / Natural Resources, Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Energy Policy, Economic Geography, Environmentalist thought & ideology, Environmentalist thought and ideology