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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451767703321

Titolo

Environment and global modernity [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Gert Spaargaren, Arthur P. J. Mol and Frederick H. Buttel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : SAGE, c2000

ISBN

1-4462-2755-3

1-4462-2013-3

1-283-88047-4

1-4462-6490-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (271 p.)

Collana

SAGE studies in international sociology ; ; 50

Altri autori (Persone)

SpaargarenGert

MolA. P. J

ButtelFrederick H

Disciplina

363.7

Soggetti

Global environmental change

Social change

Globalization

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"This volume originated out of a conference on 'Social Theory and the Environment' organized under the auspices of the International Sociological Association (ISA) by the Research Group on 'Environment and Society'"--Pref.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; List of Contributors; Chapter 1 - Introduction: Globalization, Modernity and the Environment; Chapter 2 - Classical Theory and Contemporary Environmental Sociology: Some Reflections on the Antecedents and Prospects for Reflexive Modernization Theories in the Study of Environment and Society; Chapter 3 - Ecological Modernization Theory and the Changing Discourse on Environment and Modernity; Chapter 4 - Modern Theories of Society and the Environment: The Risk Society

Chapter 5 - Social Constructions and Social Constrictions: Toward Analyzing the Social Construction of 'the Naturalized' as Well as 'the Natural'Chapter 6 - Globalization and Environment: Between Apocalypse-Blindness and Ecological Modernization; Chapter 7 -



Environmental Social Theory for a Globalizing World Economy; Chapter 8 - The Ideology of Ecological Modernization in 'Double-Risk' Societies: A Case Study of Lithuanian Environmental Policy; Chapter 9 - Political Modernization Theory and Environmental Politics; Chapter 10 - Ecological Modernization and Post-Ecologist Politics

Chapter 11 - Self-Organizing Complexity, Conscious Purpose and 'Sustainable Development'Index

Sommario/riassunto

Taking a global perspective, this book argues that we can only make sense of environmental issues if we consider them as part of a more encompassing process of social transformation.