The Environment and Society ReaderThis is a comprehensive introduction to the issues associated with environmental problems. The author challenges readers to ask themselves questions regarding the complexity and distribution of environmental problems as well as human impacts on and responses to these problems. Readers are also encouraged to examine the scope and nature of environmental problems. Geared toward those interested in the relationship between the environment and society. |
Contents
Sociology as if Nature Did Not Matter An Ecological Critique | 27 |
The Evolution of Environmental Sociology A Brief History | 43 |
Marxs Theory of Metabolic Rift Classical Foundations | 63 |
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