Environment and Society (eBook)

A Critical Introduction
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2022 | 3. Auflage
400 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-119-40824-6 (ISBN)

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Environment and Society - Paul Robbins, John G. Hintz, Sarah A. Moore
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A comprehensive yet accessible introduction to the conceptual tools used to explore real-world environmental problems

Environment and Society: A Critical Introduction, Third Edition demonstrates how theoretical approaches such as environmental ethics, political economy, and social construction work as conceptual tools to identify and clarify contemporary environmental issues. Assuming no background knowledge in the subject, this reader-friendly textbook uses clear language and engaging examples to first describe nine key conceptual tools, and then apply them to a variety of familiar objects--from bottled water and French fries to trees, wolves, and carbon dioxide. Throughout the text, highly accessible chapters provide insight into the relationship between the environment and present-day society.

Divided into two parts, the text begins by explaining major theoretical approaches for interpreting the environment-society relationship and discussing different perspectives about environmental problems. Part II examines a series of objects, each viewed through a sample of the theoretical tools from Part I, helping readers think critically about critical environmental topics such as deforestation, climate change, the global water supply, and hazardous e-waste. This fully revised third edition stresses a wider range of competing ways of thinking about environmental issues and features additional cases studies, up-to-date conceptual understandings, and new chapters in Part I on racializd environments and feminist approaches. Environment and Society: A Critical Introduction, Third Edition:

* Covers theoretical lenses such as commodities, environmental ethics, and risks and hazards, and applies them to touchstone environment-society objects like wolves, tuna, trees, and carbon dioxide

* Uses a conversational narrative to explain key historical events, topical issues and policies, and scientific concepts

* Features substantial revisions and updates, including new chapters on feminism and race, and improved maps and illustrations

* Includes a wealth of in-book and online resources, including exercises and boxed discussions, chapter summaries, review questions, references, suggested readings, an online test bank, and internet links

* Provides additional instructor support such as suggested teaching models, full-color PowerPoint slides, and supplementary teaching material

Retaining the innovative approach of its predecessors, Environment and Society: A Critical Introduction, Third Edition remains the ideal textbook for courses in environmental issues, environmental science, and nature and society theory.

Paul Robbins is Professor and Dean of the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA. His research interests focus on understanding human-environment systems, the influence non-humans have on human behavior and organization, and the implications these interactions hold for ecosystem health, local communities, and social justice. He is also author of Political Ecology: A Critical Introduction, now in its third edition (Wiley Blackwell, 2019). John G. Hintz is Professor of Environmental, Geographical, and Geological Sciences at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, USA. His research interests include the politics of public lands management, mapping protected areas, and sustainable agriculture. He has published in several journals, including Capitalism Nature Socialism and Ethics, Place & Environment. Sarah A. Moore is Associate Professor of Geography at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA. Her research investigates the political, economic, and social dimensions of waste management at several scales. Her publications include articles in numerous journals including Progress in Human Geography, The Professional Geographer, and Society and Natural Resources.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 17.3.2022
Reihe/Serie Critical Introductions to Geography
Critical Introductions to Geography
Sprache englisch
Themenwelt Naturwissenschaften Biologie Ökologie / Naturschutz
Naturwissenschaften Geowissenschaften Geografie / Kartografie
Schlagworte Environmental Geography • Environmental Science • Environmental Sociology • Environmental Studies • Geographie • Geography • Sociology • Soziologie • Umweltforschung • Umweltgeographie • Umweltsoziologie • Umweltwissenschaften
ISBN-10 1-119-40824-5 / 1119408245
ISBN-13 978-1-119-40824-6 / 9781119408246
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