Controversies in Environmental Sociology

Controversies in Environmental Sociology

Robert White

Tables and Figures vii

Author Notes viii

Abbreviations x

Introduction: Sociology, Society and the Environment

ROBWHITE 1

PART I SOCIAL PERSPECTIVES

1 Old Traditions and New Ages: Religions and

Environments DOUGLAS EZZY 8

2 Social Nature: The Environmental Challenge to Mainstream

Social Theory STEWART LOCKIE 26

3 Gender, Eco-Feminism and the Environment

VAL PLUMWOOD 43

4 Animals, ‘Nature’ and Human Interests LYLE MUNRO 61

5 Governing Environmental Harms in a Risk Society

VAUGHAN HIGGINS AND KRISTIN NATALIER 77

PART II SOCIAL TRENDS

6 When the Population Clock Stops Ticking

NATALIE JACKSON 92

7 Inequality, Social Differences and Environmental

Resources ROBERTA JULIAN 113

8 Sustainable Technology: Beyond Fix and Fixation

AIDAN DAVISON 132

9 Think Global, Act Local: Scalar Challenges to

Sustainable Development of Marine Environments

ELAINE STRATFORD 150

10 Citizenship and Sustainability: Rights and Responsibilities in the

Global Age JULIE DAVIDSON 168

11 The Environment Movement: Where to from Here?

BRUCE TRANTER 185

PART III SOCIAL ISSUES

12 Moulding and Manipulating the News SHARON BEDER 204

13 Agricultural Production and the Ecological Question

GEOFFREY LAWRENCE, LYNDA CHESHIRE AND CAROL

ACKROYD RICHARDS 221

14 Pathological Environments PETER CURSON AND LINDIE

CLARK 238

15 Assessing the Social Consequences of Planned

Interventions FRANK VANCLAY 257

16 Criminology, Social Regulation and Environmental

Harm ROBWHITE 275

Index 293