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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910962628403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; Thousand Oaks, Calif, : SAGE Publications, 2000; London ; ; Thousand Oaks, Calif : , : SAGE Publications, , 2000
• ISBN: 9781446227558; 1446227553; 9781446220139; 1446220133; 9781283880473; 1283880474; 9781446264904; 1446264904
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xii, 257 pages) : illustrations
• 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
• 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.