Sociology and the Environment: A Critical Introduction to Society, Nature and Knowledge
Author:   Alan Irwin (Brunel University)
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
ISBN:  

9780745613604


Pages:   224
Publication Date:   16 April 2001
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Alan Irwin (Brunel University)
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:   Polity Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.336kg
ISBN:  

9780745613604


ISBN 10:   0745613608
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   16 April 2001
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Preface. Introduction. Chapter 1: Sustainability as Social Challenge. Chapter 2: The Risk Society Thesis: The End of the World as We Know It?. Chapter 3: Science and the Social Construction of Environmental Threat. Chapter 4: Risks in Context: The Local Construction of Environmental Issues. Chapter 5: Institutional Judgements and Contested Decisions: The Governance of Environmental Problems. Chapter 6: Kamikazes and Chromosomes: Sociological Perspectives on Technology. Chapter 7: Society, Nature, Knowledge: Co-constructing the Social and the Natural. Notes. References. Index.

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a Irwin inspires. Finally, an introduction to the sociology of the environment that recognizes the critical importance of knowledge in mediating the exchanges between people and nature. Realists and Constructivists are both invited to revisit their entrenched positions in a book that charts a new and evocative course in the social study of the environment.a Steve Kroll--Smith, The University of New Orleans


'Irwin inspires. Finally, an introduction to the sociology of the environment that recognizes the critical importance of knowledge in mediating the exchanges between people and nature. Realists and Constructivists are both invited to revisit their entrenched positions in a book that charts a new and evocative course in the social study of the environment.' Steve Kroll-Smith, The University of New Orleans


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Alan Irwin is Professor of Sociology at Brunel University

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