Ecology, World Resources and the Quality of Social Life

The twelve contributors to this volume, from ten different nations, are world-renowned sociologists who examine problems of ecology and world resources as they affect the quality of social life. Three different perspectives are employed: high technology, industrialization, and the problems of development; restructuring and alternatives of development; and social movements and social policies.

List of contents

Introduction, 1. Anthony Giddens, 2. Riley E. Dunlap and William R. Catton, Jr., Department of Sociology, 3. Edgar F. Borgatta, Chair, 4. Paolo Ammassari, I.I.S. President, 5. Alex Inkeles, 6. Erwin K. Scheuch, 7. S. N. Eisenstadt, 8. T. K. Oommen, 9. France Govaerts, 10. G. Szell, 11. Raymond Boudon, 12. Akinsola Akiwowo, Appendix, Author Index, Subject Index

About the author

William V. D'Antonio, Masamichi Sasaki, Yoshio Yonebayashi

Summary

The twelve contributors to this volume, from ten different nations, are world-renowned sociologists who examine problems of ecology and world resources as they affect the quality of social life.

Product details

• Authors: &apos, William V. Etc. antonio, D&apos, William V. D'Antonio, William V. Etc. D''''antonio, D'Antonio William V., Masamichi Sasaki, Sasaki Masamichi, Yoshio Yonebayashi
• Assisted by: William V. D'Antonio (Editor), etc. (Editor), Masamichi Sasaki (Editor), Yoshio Yonebayashi (Editor)
• Publisher: Transaction Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.1994
• EAN: 9781560007227
• ISBN: 978-1-56000-722-7
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Ecology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, Applied ecology, Sociology & anthropology, Sociology and anthropology