Title: Sociological theory and the environment : classical foundations, contemporary insights /
Authors: Dunlap, Riley E.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers,
Year: 2002
Subjects: Human ecology Social aspects.; Sociology Philosophy
Contents: Sociological theory and the environment -- Environmental sociology and the classical sociological tradition -- A green Marxism? labor processes, alienation, and the division of labor -- Ecological materialism and the sociology of Max Weber -- Has the Durkheim legacy misled sociology? -- Social theory and the environment -- Dynamic constellations of the individual, society, and nature -- World system theory and the environment -- Modernity, politics, and the environment -- Inconspicuous consumption -- Social theory and ecological politics -- The social construction of environmental problems -- When the global meets the local -- Cultural analysis and environmental theory -- Paradigms, theories, and environmental sociology.