The Cambridge Handbook of Environmental Sociology
The Cambridge Handbook of Environmental Sociology
Volume 2:
Katharine Legun
, Wageningen University and Research, The Netherlands
Julie C. Keller , University of Rhode Island
Michael Carolan , Colorado State University
Michael M. Bell , University of Wisconsin, Madison
Julie C. Keller , University of Rhode Island
Michael Carolan , Colorado State University
Michael M. Bell , University of Wisconsin, Madison
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The Cambridge Handbook of Environmental Sociology is a go-to resource for cutting-edge research in the field. This two-volume work covers the rich theoretic foundations of the sub-discipline, as well as novel approaches and emerging areas of research that add vitality and momentum to the discipline. Over the course of sixty chapters, the authors featured in this work reach new levels of theoretical depth, incorporating a global scope and diversity of cases. This book explores the broad scope of crucial disciplinary ideas and areas of research, extending its investigation to the trajectories of thought that led to their unfolding. This unique work serves as an invaluable tool for all those working in the nexus of environment and society.
- An overview of various theoretical approaches and empirical examples that reflect both the breadth and depth of the field
- Chapters are written from a variety of disciplinary perspectives, reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of the field of environmental sociology.
- New directions in environmental sociological theory and new empirical examples are highlighted, with special attention to the current political context
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Table of Contents
- Part I. Methods
- 1. Re-compos(t)ing the Ghosts of Sociologies Past: Towards More Cosmoecological Sociologies Martha McMahon & Chelsea Power
- 2. On Discourse Intensive Approaches to Environmental Decision-Making: Applying Social Theory to Practice Steven E. Daniels & Gregg B. Walker
- 3. Community-Based Research Randy Stoecker
- 4. Using Geographic Data in Environmental Sociology Rachel A. Rosenfeld & Katherine J. Curtis
- Part II. Embodied Environmental Sociology
- 5. Strangers on the Land? Rural LGBTQs and Queer Sustainabilities Julie Keller
- 6. Masculinity and Environment Kathryn Gregory Anderson
- 7. Toxicity, Health, and Environment Jennifer S. Carrera & Phil Brown
- 8. The Environment's Absence in Medicine: Mainstream Medical Coverage of Leukemia Manuel Vallée
- Part III: Beyond the Human. 9. Interventions offered by Actor-Network Theory, Assemblage Theory, and New Materialisms for Environmental Sociology Katharine Legun & Abbi Virens
- 10. Plants and Philosophy, Plants or Philosophy Michael Marder
- 11. Animals and Society: An Island in Japan Margo DeMello
- Part IV. Sustainability and Climate Change
- 12: Possibilities and Politics in Imagining Degrowth Valerie Fournier
- 13. Accidental Environmentalists: Examining the Effect of Pro-Environmental Behavior on Social Status Emily Huddart Kennedy
- 14. Sustainability Cultures: Exploring the Relationships Between Cultural Attributes and Sustainability Outcomes Janet Stephenson
- 15. Socio-Ecological Sustainability and New Forms of Governance: Community Forestry and Citizen Involvement with Trees, Woods, and Forests Bianca Ambrose-Oji
- 16. Carbon Markets and International Environmental Governance John Chung-En & Mark H. Cooper
- 17. The Multi-Level Governance Challenge of Climate Change in Brazil Leila da Costa Ferreira
- Part V. Resources
- 18. Enclosing Water: Privatization, Commodification, and Access Daniel Jaffee
- 19. Speech is Silver, Silence is Gold in the Fracking Zone Debra J. Davidson
- 20. Environmental Sociology and the Genomic Revolution Valerie Berseth & Ralph Matthews
- 21. The Future is Co-Managed: Promises and Problems of Collaborative Governance of Natural Resources Nathan Young
- Part VI: Food and Agriculture
- 22. Future and Food: New Technologies, Old Political Debates Michael Carolan
- 23. Eating Our Way to a Sustainable Future? Josée Johnston & Anelyse M. Weiler
- 24. Neoliberal Globalization and Beyond: Food, Farming and the Environment Geoffrey Lawrence & Kiah Smith
- 25. The Sociology of Environmental Morality: Examples from Agri-Food Paul V. Stock
- Part VII: Social Movements
- 26. Alternative Technologies and Emancipatory Environmental Practice Chelsea Schelly
- 27. The Global Fair Trade Movement: For Whom, By Whom, How, and What Next Elizabeth A. Bennett
- 28. Possibilities for Degrowth: A Radical Alternative to the Neoliberal Restructuring of Growth-Societies Barbara Muraca
- 29. Achieving Environmental Justice: Lessons from the Global South Pearly Wong
- 30. Conclusion: Envisioning Futures with Environmental Sociology.
