Midlands State University Library

An invitation to environmental sociology /

Bell, Michael Mayerfeld

An invitation to environmental sociology / created by Michael Mayerfeld Bell Loka L. Ashwood, Isaac Sohn Leslie and Laura Hanson Schlachter,. - Sixth edition. - xiv, 489 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Includes bibliographical references.

Environmental problems and society -- Part I. The material -- Health and justice -- Consumption and materialism -- Money and markets -- Technology and science -- Population and development -- Part II. The ideal -- The ideology of environmental domination -- The ideology of environmental concern -- The human nature of nature -- Part III. The practical -- Mobilizing the just ecological society -- Transitioning to the just ecological society -- Living in the just ecological society.

"An Invitation to Environmental Sociology is a text that helped define this market and course when it was first published, and continues to invite students to delve into this rapidly changing field. Written in a lively, engaging style, Michael Bell, Loka Ashwood, and new coauthors Isaac Sohn Leslie and Laura Hanson Schlachter, cover the broad range of topics in environmental sociology with a personal passion rarely seen in sociology texts. The book's unique organization explores three different kinds of questions about interactions between humans and the natural world: the material, the ideal, and the practical"--

9781506366012


Environmental sociology.
Environmental responsibility.
Environmental ethics.

GE195 INV