03006nam 2200625Ia 450 991017225550332120200520144314.01-134-83303-21-134-83304-01-138-17608-71-280-32048-60-203-42790-410.4324/9780203427903 (CKB)111056485521744(EBL)166408(OCoLC)646667195(SSID)ssj0000083578(PQKBManifestationID)11126284(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000083578(PQKBWorkID)10162751(PQKB)11157534(MiAaPQ)EBC166408(EXLCZ)9911105648552174419931116d1994 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSocial theory and the global environment /edited by Michael Redclift and Ted BentonLondon ;New York Routledge19941 online resource (280 p.)Global environmental change series"Global Environmental Change Programme."0-203-29703-2 0-415-11170-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 Environment9. 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; IndexThis 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'.Global environmental change series.Social ecologySocial sciencesSocial ecology.Social sciences.304.2Redclift M. R858407Benton Ted1942-253480MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910172255503321Social theory and the global environment2210873UNINA