Environmental Sociology (eBook)

Leslie King is Associate Professor of Sociology and Environmental Science and Policy at Smith College. Her areas of interest include population studies, environmental sociology and social movements. Her most recent research investigates corporatization of social movement activism. Debbie McCarthy Auriffeille is Associate Professor of Sociology in the Sociology and Anthropology Department at the College of Charleston. Her areas of research have included environmental justice and sustainable lifestyles. She is currently completing a project on green parenting.

PrefaceIntroductionPART IImagining Nature Chapter 1. Nature’s Looking Glass Hillary Angelo and Colin JerolmackPART IIPolitical EconomyChapter 2. Why Ecological Revolution?John Bellamy FosterChapter 3. The Unfair Trade-off: Globalization and the Export of Ecological HazardsDaniel FaberChapter 4. The Tragedy of the Commodity: The Overexploitation of the Mediterranean Bluefin Tuna FisherStefano B. Longo and Rebecca ClausenChapter 5. Ecological Modernization at Work? Environmental Policy Reform in Sweden at the Turn of the CenturyBenjamin VailChapter 6. A Tale of Contrasting Trends: Three Measures of the Ecological Footprint in China, India, Japan, and the United States, 1961–2003Richard York, Eugene A. Rosa and Thomas DietzPART IIIRace, Class, Gender and the Environment*Chapter 7. The Du Bois Nexus: Intersectionality, Political Economy, and Environmental Injustice in the Peruvian Guano Trade in the 1800s.Brett Clark, Daniel Auerbach and Karen Xuan Zhang*Chapter 8. Ruin’s Progeny: Race, Environment, and Appalachia’s Coal Camp Blacks.Karia L. Brown, Michael W. Murphy and Appollonya M. Porcelli*Chapter 9. Environmental Apartheid: Eco-health and Rural Marginalization in South Africa Valerie Stull, Michael M. Bell and Mpumelelo NcwadiChapter 10. Turning Public Issues into Private Troubles: Lead Contamination, Domestic Labor, and the Exploitation of WomenLois Bryson, Kathleen McPhillips, and Kathryn RobinsonPART IVMediaChapter 11. Media Framing of Body Burdens: Precautionary Consumption and the Individualization of RiskNorah MacKendrick*Chapter 12. Legitimating the Environmental Injustices of War: Toxic Exposures and Media Silence in Iraq and Afghanistan.Eric BondsPart VDisasterChapter 13. The BP Disaster as an Exxon Valdez RerunLiesel Ashley Ritchie, Duane A. Gill, J. Steven PicouChapter 14. Silent Spill: The Organization of an Industrial CrisisThomas D. Beamish *Chapter 15. Left to Chance: Hurricane Katrina and the Story of Two New Orleans NeighborhoodsStever Kroll-Smith, Vern Baxter and Pam JenkinsPART VISocial MovementsChapter 16. People Want to Protect Themselves a Little Bit: Emotions, Denial, and Social Movement NonparticipationKari Marie Norgaard*Chapter 17. Environmental Threats and Political Opportunities: Citizen Activism in the North Bohemian Coal Basin Thomas E. Shriver, Alison E. Adams, and Stefano B. LongoChapter 18. Politics by Other Greens: The Importance of Transnational Environmental Justice Movement NetworksDavid Naguib PellowPART VIIChanges in Progress *Chapter 19. Ontologies of Sustainability in Ecovillage Culture: Integrating Ecology, Economics, Community, and Consciousness Karen Liftin*Chapter 20. Plans for pavement or for people? The Politics of Bike Lanes on the ‘Paseo Boricua’ in Chicago, Illinois Amy Lubitow, Bryan Zinschlag, and Nathan Rochester*Chapter 21. Campus Alternative Food Projects and Food Service Realities: Alternative Strategies Peggy F. Barlett *Chapter 22. From the New Ecological Paradigm to Total Liberation: The Emergence of a Social Movement FrameDavid N. Pellow and Hollie Nyseth Brehm*Denotes new selections