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

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; Thousand Oaks, Calif, : SAGE Publications, 2000; London ; ; Thousand Oaks, Calif : , : SAGE Publications, , 2000
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xii, 257 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 363.7
• Soggetto topico: Global environmental change; Social change; Globalization
• Altri autori: SpaargarenGert MolA. P. J ButtelFrederick H
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Environment and global modernity
• ISBN: 9781446227558; 1446227553; 9781446220139; 1446220133; 9781283880473; 1283880474; 9781446264904; 1446264904
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910962628403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Sage studies in international sociology ; ; 50.