Invitation to environmental sociology /
by Michael Mayerfeld Bell
- New Delhi: Sage Publication, 2015.
- xvi, 493 p.
Part I: The Material -- Chapter 1: Environmental Problems and Society -- Chapter 2: Consumption and Materialism -- Chapter 3: Money and Markets -- Chapter 4: Technology and Science -- Chapter 5: Population and Development -- Chapter 6: Body and Justice -- Part II: The Ideal -- Chapter 7: The Ideology of Environmental Domination -- Chapter 8: The Ideology of Environmental Concern -- Chapter 9: The Human Nature of Nature -- Chapter 10: The Rationality of Risk -- Part III: The Practical -- Chapter 11: Modernizing the Ecological Society -- Chapter 12: Governing the Ecological Society -- Chapter 13: Living in an Ecological Society.
Join author Mike Bell and new co-author Loka Ashwood as they explore "the biggest community of all" and bring out the sociology of environmental possibility. The highly-anticipated Fifth Edition of An Invitation to Environmental Sociology delves into this rapidly changing and growing field in a clear and artful manner. Written in a lively, engaging style, this book explores the broad range of topics in environmental sociology with a personal passion rarely seen in sociology textbooks. The Fifth Edition contains new chapters entitled "Money and Markets," "Technology and Science," and "Living in the Ecological Society."--Pubulisher's website.