Ideology, Social Theory, and the Environment
Author:   William D. Sunderlin
Publisher:   Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN:  

9780742519701


Pages:   256
Publication Date:   11 November 2002
Format:   Paperback
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This book shows that polemical environmental and ecological debates are governed not so much by access to facts as they are by the political ideology of the expert advancing a particular argument. Moreover, the thoughts of these experts tend to be based largely in just one of three competing streams of political thought: the left, the center, or the right. Drawing on social theory, the author explains the philosophical origins of this tendency to rely on just one of three traditions, and why this poses a serious obstacle to conceptualizing the cause, nature, and resolution of environmental problems.

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Author:   William D. Sunderlin
Publisher:   Rowman & Littlefield
Imprint:   Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Dimensions:   Width: 14.70cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.354kg
ISBN:  

9780742519701


ISBN 10:   0742519708
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   11 November 2002
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  General ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Part 1 Introduction Chapter 2 1 Ideology, Sociology, and Paradigms Chapter 3 2 Human Evolution and Socio-Environmental Outcomes Chapter 4 3 Ideology and the Environment: From Isolation to Integration Chapter 5 4 Competing Views on the Population-Resource Balance Chapter 6 5 Economic Growth: for Worse of for Better Chapter 7 6 Towards a New Concept and Definition of Environmentalism Chapter 8 7 Global Environmental Change and the Challenge of Paradigm Integration

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Sunderlin's brilliant book shows us that ideology did not disappear along with the Berlin Wall. The ghosts of Marx, Weber, and Durkheim continue to haunt all the debate over the environment. Each has something to offer if we know how to listen, and this book gives us a guide.--David Kaimowitz


Author Information

William D. Sunderlin is a senior scientist for the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR).

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