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Cultures of environmentalism : empirical studies in environmental sociology
Author
Title
Cultures of environmentalism : empirical studies in environmental sociology / Steven Yearley.
ISBN
0230514863
9780230514867
1403901201
9780230237117
0230237118
Published
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.
Physical Description
1 online resource. (vii, 205 pages)
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Summary
This concise and clearly written book demonstrates the power and scope of empirical analysis in environmental sociology. In doing so, it provides an antidote to the recent dominance of abstract theoretical disputes in sociological work on nature and the environment. Dividing the author's first-hand research studies into three categories - on cultures of movement, on environment, law and public policy, and on cultures of knowing and proving - this text uses case studies, interviews, focus-group techniques and observational analyses to explore the development of environmentalism and the environmental movement. The analyses enable the reader to understand how environmental disputes are contested, perpetuated and resolved. The cases are carefully documented with extensive use of original materials. Drawing on the substantive findings in the empirical chapters, the book concludes with an original sociological treatment of the challenges that will face attempts to live sustainably. It is essential reading for students and academics in sociology, social anthropology, social geography and cultural studies.
Variant and related titles
Palgrave social & cultural studies collection 2005.
Other formats
Print version: Yearley, Steven. Cultures of environmentalism. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 19, 2018
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 192-199) and index.
Contents
Introduction: studying environmental issues sociologically
Social movement theory and the character of environmental social movements
Shell, a sure target for global environmental campaigning?
How environmental problems come to be 'global': sociological perspectives on the globalisation of the environment
Bog standards: contesting conservation value at a public inquiry
Independence and impartiality in legal defences of the environment
Modelling the environment: participation, trust and legitimacy in urban air-quality models
Green ambivalence about science
Mad about the buoy: trust and method in the Brent Spar controversy
Genetically modified organisms and the unbearable irresolution of testing
The value of environmental sociology: towards a sociology of the sustainable society.
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