Environmental Sociology: From Analysis to ActionLeslie King, Deborah McCarthy Auriffeille A third edition of this textbook is now available. This environmental sociology reader emphasizes utilizing the sociological imagination to examine the race, class, gender, and other power dimensions that intersect environmental issues. It includes excerpts from recently published pieces that use various sociological perspectives, especially critical frameworks, to examine a wide range of topics-from the globalization of hazardous wastes and industries to mountaintop removal for mining to the construction of nature in a television sitcom. This second edition, like the first, aims to engage undergraduate students, and includes nine new selections chosen from recent work. A section on social constructionism has been added, and the section on science, risk, and health has been expanded to mirror the increased interest in that field. The new edition also includes a chapter on climate change and new selections in the section on "Thinking about Change/Working for Change," which helps students see how individuals can affect the future of the planet through their actions. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Part I Political Economy | 23 |
Ch01 The Vulnerable Planet | 25 |
Ch02 Mountaintop RemovalinWest Virginia | 38 |
Ch03 Treadmill Predispositionsand Social Responses | 51 |
Race Class and Gender | 61 |
Ch04 Environmental Justice | 63 |
Ch05 Turning Public Issuesinto Private Troubles | 80 |
Ch14 PrimeTime Subversion | 230 |
Part VII Science Risk and Health | 245 |
Ch15 Science inEnvironmentalConflicts | 247 |
Ch16 An Ounce of Precaution | 260 |
Ch17 Risk Society andContested Illness | 268 |
Ch18 The SocialConstruction of Cancer | 287 |
PartVIII Social Movements | 305 |
Ch19 AmericanEnvironmentalism | 307 |
Ch06 The NextRevolutionary Stage | 93 |
Part III The SocialConstruction of Nature | 109 |
Ch07 Wild Horses andthe Political Ecologyof Nature Restoration inthe Missouri Ozarks | 111 |
Ch08 Touch the Magic | 128 |
Part IV CorporateResponsibility | 147 |
Ch09 Silent Spill | 149 |
Ch10 CorporateResponsibilityfor Toxins | 164 |
Part V Globalization | 179 |
Ch11 The Unfair Tradeoff | 181 |
Ch12 Driving South | 200 |
Part VI Media andPopular Culture | 213 |
Ch13 Selling Mother Earth | 215 |
Ch20 Coalition Buildingbetween Native Americanand EnvironmentalOrganizations inOpposition toDevelopment | 327 |
Ch21 People Want to ProtectThemselves a Little Bit | 350 |
PartIX Thinking about ChangeWorking for Change | 369 |
Ch22 Individualization | 371 |
Ch23 Cleaning the Closet | 396 |
Ch24 Greetings from theNonBarcode People | 408 |
Ch25 Healing the Rift | 425 |
Ch26 On the Trail ofCourageous Behavior | 438 |
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About the Editors | 481 |
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