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The Cambridge Handbook of Environmental Sociology

Volume 2

Editors:
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

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

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Date Published: December 2020
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isbn: 9781108429337

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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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- Date Published: December 2020
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9781108429337
- length: 562 pages
- dimensions: 259 x 184 x 33 mm
- weight: 1.16kg
- availability: Available
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.
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Editors
Katharine Legun, Wageningen University and Research, The Netherlands
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).
Julie C. Keller, University of Rhode Island
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.
Michael Carolan, Colorado State University
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.
Michael M. Bell, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Julie C. 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).
Contributors
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