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The Cambridge Handbook of Environmental Sociology 2 Volume Hardback Set

The Cambridge Handbook of Environmental Sociology 2 Volume Hardback Set

The Cambridge Handbook of Environmental Sociology 2 Volume Hardback Set

Katharine Legun, Wageningen University and Research, The Netherlands
Julie Keller, University of Rhode Island
Michael Bell, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Michael Carolan, Colorado State University
March 2021
Available
Multiple copy pack
9781108429306
$384.00
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Multiple copy pack
2 Hardback books

    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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    ‘Recommended’ Y. R. Magrass, Choice

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    Product details

    March 2021
    Multiple copy pack
    9781108429306
    1200 pages
    260 × 183 × 65 mm
    2.2kg
    Available

    Table of Contents

    • Volume 1: Part I. Theory in Environmental Sociology
    • Part II. The Economy and Environmental Sociology
    • Part III. Culture and Environmental Sociology
    • Part IV. Politics, Power, State. Volume 2: Part I. Methods
    • Part II. Embodied Environmental Sociology
    • Part III. Beyond the Human
    • Part IV. Sustainability and Climate Change
    • Part V. Resources
    • Part VI. Food and Agriculture
    • Part VII. Social Movements.
      Contributors
    • Volume 1: Hannah Holleman, Rolf Lidskog, Stewart Lockie, Ariel Salleh, Michael M. Bell, Brad H. Brewster, Antony J. Puddephatt; Richard York & Stefano B. Longo, Yifei Li, Gary Paul Green, patrick Bresnihan, Michael Löwy, Gustavo A. García-López, Elizabeth S. Barron, John Hannigan, Maano Ramutsindela, Damian White, Timmons Roberts, James S. Ormrod, Guojie Zhang, James E. S. Higham, Julia Albrecht, Jacklyn Cock, Hugh Campbell, John Zinda, Michael A. Long, Michael J. Lynch, Paul B. Stretesky Phil Macnaghten, Noah Weeth Feinstein, James Hale, Michael Carolan, david N. Pellow, Henri Acselrad, John C. Canfield, Karl Galloway, Loka Ashwood, Leslie King, Philip M. Warsaw. Volume 2: Martha McMahon, Chelsea Power, Steven E. Daniels, Gregg B. Walker, Randy Stoecker, Rachel A. Rosenfeld, Katherine J. Curtis, Julie Keller, Kathryn Gregory Anderson, Jennifer S. Carrera, Phil Brown, Manuel Vallée,Katharine Legun, Abbi Virens, Michael Marder, Margo DeMello,Valerie Fournier, Emily Huddart Kennedy, Janet Stephenson, Bianca Ambrose-Oji, John Chung-En, Mark H. Cooper, Leila da Costa Ferreira, Daniel Jaffee, Debra J. Davidson, Valerie Berseth, Ralph Matthews, Nathan Young, Michael Carolan, Josée Johnston, Anelyse M. Weiler, Geoffrey Lawrence, Kiah Smith,Paul V. Stock, Chelsea Schelly, Elizabeth A. Bennett, Barbara Muraca and Pearly Wong.

    • Editors
    • Katharine Legun , Wageningen University and Research, The Netherlands

      Katharine Legun is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Otago in New Zealand. Her work considers how plants, measurement systems, and new artificial intelligence technology shapes ecological and economic agency, particularly in agri-food systems.

    • Julie Keller , University of Rhode Island

      Julie Keller is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Rhode Island. Her research and teaching focus on rural inequality, agricultural labor, farmers, and immigration. She is the author of Milking in the Shadows: Migrants and Mobility in America's Dairyland (2019).

    • Michael Bell , University of Wisconsin, Madison

      Michael Bell is Chair and Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor of Community and Environmental Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is the author of City of the Good: Nature, Religion, and the Ancient Search for What Is Right and the widely used environmental sociology textbook, An Invitation to Environmental Sociology, now in its sixth edition (2020).

    • Michael Carolan , Colorado State University

      Michael Carolan is a Professor of Sociology at Colorado State University and Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Affairs for the College of Liberal Arts. He has published over 200 peer review articles and more than a dozen books.