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Record Nr.

UNINA9910172255503321

Titolo

Social theory and the global environment / / edited by Michael Redclift and Ted Benton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1994

ISBN

1-134-83303-2

1-134-83304-0

1-138-17608-7

1-280-32048-6

0-203-42790-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (280 p.)

Collana

Global environmental change series

Altri autori (Persone)

RedcliftM. R

BentonTed <1942->

Disciplina

304.2

Soggetti

Social ecology

Social sciences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Global Environmental Change Programme."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Social Theory and the Global Environment; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; List of Contributors; 1. Introduction; 2. Biology and Social Theory in the Environmental Debate; 3. Sociology and the Environment: Discordant Discourse?; 4. The Limits to Neoclassicism: Towards an Institutional Environmental Economics; 5. Running Out of Time: Global Crisis and Human Engagement; 6. Gender Analysis and Environmentalisms; 7. Social Movements and Environmental Change; 8. Scientific Knowledge and the Global Environment

9. Facing Global Warming: the Interactions Between Science and Policy-making in the European Community10. Global Sociology and Global Environmental Change; 11. Environmental Sociology and Global Environmental Change: A Critical Assessment; 12. Sustaining Developments in Environmental Sociology; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book marks a watershed in the social sciences. The qualitative, critical perspective of sociology and allied disciplines challenges the technocentric `managerialism' which dominates environmental policy, its discourse and its impact. The authors explore the relationship



between social theory and sustainability in an attempt to transend technical rhetoric and embrace a broader understanding of `nature'.