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doi:10.1017/9781108554558.002

Introduction

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 November 2020

Michael Carolan and

Edited by

Michael Carolan and

Katharine Legun: Affiliation:
Wageningen University and Research, The Netherlands
Julie C. Keller: Affiliation:
University of Rhode Island
Michael Carolan: Affiliation:
Colorado State University
Michael M. Bell: Affiliation:
University of Wisconsin, Madison

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As with any edited collection, when planning the Cambridge Handbook of Environmental Sociology we imagined who would be using the text, and when they would be using it. We considered a researcher, starting on a new project and looking for approaches to better understand a complex environmental problem; a student, having been exposed to environmental sociology, excited by some ideas and looking to become better oriented with the field; a teacher, looking for readings to assign to students in the upcoming semester; or a practitioner, whose interest lies somewhere in that liminal space straddling town and gown. We thought of the purpose of handbooks, in a world where a quick search on the Internet can generate an article to answer any question, and sometimes an article to seemingly support just about any belief. In this context, a handbook can act as a reliable reference point that includes a broad, but not boundless, survey of ideas and a quick, but not superficial, snapshot of some of the empirical work that supports and elaborates those ideas.

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Information: The Cambridge Handbook of Environmental Sociology , pp. 1 - 8

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108554558.002 [Opens in a new window]

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Print publication year: 2020

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