LEADER 03006nam 2200625Ia 450 001 9910172255503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-134-83303-2 010 $a1-134-83304-0 010 $a1-138-17608-7 010 $a1-280-32048-6 010 $a0-203-42790-4 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203427903 035 $a(CKB)111056485521744 035 $a(EBL)166408 035 $a(OCoLC)646667195 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000083578 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11126284 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000083578 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10162751 035 $a(PQKB)11157534 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC166408 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111056485521744 100 $a19931116d1994 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aSocial theory and the global environment /$fedited by Michael Redclift and Ted Benton 210 $aLondon ;$aNew York $cRoutledge$d1994 215 $a1 online resource (280 p.) 225 1 $aGlobal environmental change series 300 $a"Global Environmental Change Programme." 311 $a0-203-29703-2 311 $a0-415-11170-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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 327 $a9. 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 330 $aThis book marks a watershed in the social sciences. The qualitative, critical perspective of sociology and allied disciplines challenges the technocentric `managerialism' which dominates environmental policy, its discourse and its impact. The authors explore the relationship between social theory and sustainability in an attempt to transend technical rhetoric and embrace a broader understanding of `nature'. 410 0$aGlobal environmental change series. 606 $aSocial ecology 606 $aSocial sciences 615 0$aSocial ecology. 615 0$aSocial sciences. 676 $a304.2 701 $aRedclift$b M. R$0858407 701 $aBenton$b Ted$f1942-$0253480 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910172255503321 996 $aSocial theory and the global environment$92210873 997 $aUNINA