Sociology, Environmentalism, Globalization - Reinventing the Globe

This authoritative book brings together the sociologies of globalization and the environment in one volume. Steven Yearley argues that environmental issues have received scant attention in the general debate on globalization even though environmentalists have been very successful in capturing the language and imagery of the globe.

Sommario

The Sociology of Globalization
Environmental Issues and the Compression of the Globe
How Do the World¿s Environmental Problems Come to Be `Global¿?
Universalizing Discourses and Globalization
Rethinking the Global

Info autore

Steven Yearley is Professor of Sociology at the University of York; author of Science and Sociological Practice (Open University Press, 1984), Science Technology and Social Change (Unwin Hyman, 1988) and The Green Case: A Sociology of Environmental Arguments, Issues and Politics (Harper Collins, 1991); editor of Deciphering Science and Technology (with M McNeill and I Varcoe), and Protecting the Periphery: Environmental Policy in Peripheral Regions of the European Union (with S Baker and K Milton).

Riassunto

This authoritative book brings together the sociologies of globalization and the environment in one volume. Steven Yearley argues that environmental issues have received scant attention in the general debate on globalization even though environmentalists have been very successful in capturing the language and imagery of the globe.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Steven Yearley, Yearley Steven
• Editore: Sage Publications Ltd
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 04.04.1996
• EAN: 9780803975163
• ISBN: 978-0-8039-7516-3
• Pagine: 176
• Categorie: Saggistica > Politica, società, economia > Politica; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Biologia > Ecologia; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Teorie politiche e storia delle idee; Social Theory, NATURE / Ecology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, Political science & theory, Social impact of environmental issues, Sociology & anthropology, Political science and theory, Sociology and anthropology