| Description |
x, 300 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
1. Old traditions and new ages: religions and environments / Douglas Ezzy -- 2. Social nature: the environmental challenge to mainstream social theory / Stewart Lockie -- 3. Gender, eco-feminism and the environment / Val Plumwood -- 4. Animals, 'nature' and human interests / Lyle Munro -- 5. Governing environmental harms in a risk society / Vaughan Higgins and Kristin Natalier -- 6. When the population clock stops ticking / Natalie Jackson -- 7. Inequality, social differences and environmental resources / Roberta Julian -- 8. Sustainable technology: beyond fix and fixation / Aidan Davison -- 9. Think global, act local: scalar challenges to sustainable development of marine environments / Elaine Stratford -- 10. Citizenship and sustainability: rights and responsibilities in the global age / Julie Davidson -- 11. The Environment Movement: where to from here? / Bruce Tranter -- 12. Moulding and manipulating the news / Sharon Beder -- 13. Agricultural production and the ecological question / Geoffrey Lawrence, Lynda Cheshire and Carol Ackroyd Richards -- 14. Pathological environments / Peter Curson and Lindie Clark -- 15. Assessing the social consequences of planned interventions / Frank Vanclay -- 16. Criminology, social regulation and environmental harm / Rob White |
| Summary |
This is a comprehensive Australian textbook on environmental sociology |
| Analysis |
Environmental studies (Australia) |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Audience |
For tertairy students |
| Notes |
Also available online via the World Wide Web, by subscription to EBL (Ebook Library) |
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web |
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System requirements: World Wide Web browser software and Adobe Acrobat Reader |
| Subject |
Deep ecology.
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Social ecology -- Textbooks.
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Environmentalism -- Social asptects
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Environmental sciences -- Social aspects.
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Environmental sciences -- Social asptects
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Environmentalism.
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Environmental sociology.
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Social ecology.
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| Genre/Form |
Textbooks.
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| Author |
White, R. D. (Robert Douglas), 1956-
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Ebooks Corporation.
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| LC no. |
2004010074 |
| ISBN |
0521601029 paperback |
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