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Author Brewster, Bradley H

Title Microsociological Perspectives for Environmental Sociology
Published Florence : Taylor and Francis, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (249 pages)
Series Interactionist Currents
Interactionist currents.
Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; Notes on contributors; Introduction: awakening micro-theoretical perspectives in environmental sociology; 1 Micro-interactions of cosmic proportions: mediating human-cosmos relationships in the planetarium; 2 "This is not Sea World": spectacle and insight in nature tourism; 3 How to climb Mount Fuji (at your earliest convenience): a non-representational approach; 4 Negotiating identity, valuing place: enacting "earthcare" and social justice at Finca La Bella, Costa Rica
5 Green lifestyles and micropolitics: pragmatist action theory and the connection between lifestyle change and collective action6 Mead, interactionism, and the improbability of ecological selves: toward a meta-environmental microsociological theory; 7 Present tense: everyday animism and the politics of possession; 8 Wild selves: a symbolic interactionist perspective on species, minds, and nature; 9 Dog shit happens: human-canine interactions and the immediacy of excremental presence; 10 Sorting the trash: competing constructions and instructions for handling household waste
11 The utility of phenomenology in understanding and addressing human-caused environmental problems12 The social psychology of compromised negotiations: constructing asymmetrical boundary objects between science and industry; 13 Escaping the iron cage of environmental rationalizations: microsocial decision-making in environmental conflicts; Index
Notes Print version record
Subject Environmental sociology -- Case studies
Microsociology -- Case studies
Environmental sociology
Microsociology
Genre/Form Case studies
Form Electronic book
Author Puddephatt, Antony J
ISBN 9781317096764
1317096762