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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784582203321

Autore

Cudworth Erika <1966-, >

Titolo

Environment and society / / Erika Cudworth

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2003

ISBN

1-930665-00-8

1-134-60644-3

1-134-60645-1

1-280-14907-8

0-203-99490-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (249 p.)

Collana

Routledge introductions to environment series

Disciplina

304.2

Soggetti

Human ecology

Nature - Effect of human beings on

Environmental protection

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-224) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Series editor's preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Sociology and the environment; 2 Environment and society in green social and political theory; 3 Confronting environmental issues: social movements and political action; 4 Environment, modernity and society: industrialism and urbanization; 5 Globalization, development and environmental change; 6 Society, 'culture' and 'nature' - human relations with animals; Conclusion: environment and society; Glossary; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

At the start of the twenty-first century, it can be argued that human societies have a greater impact on the environment than ever before.  We have always been dependent upon, and interacted with, the 'natural' environment. However, the dramatic social changes of the past three centuries, have altered the form of our relationship with non-human nature to the extent that some would see people/planet relations as in a situation of crisis.Environment and Society  provides a comprehensive and critical account of the ways in which we can think about the relationship between human socie