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Environment and society : A Critical introduction / Paul Robbins, John Hintz and Sarah Moore

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Hoboken : John Wiley & Sons, c2022.Edition: Third EditionDescription: xiv, 380 pages ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 9781119408239
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • GE 105 .R63 2022
Contents:
1 Introduction: The View from a Human-Made Wild -- Part I Approaches and Perspectives -- 2 Population and Scarcity -- 3 Markets and Commodities -- 4 Institutions and “The Commons” -- 5 Environmental Ethics -- 6 Risks and Technology -- 7 Political Economy -- 8 Social Construction of Nature -- 9 Feminism and the Environment -- 10 Racialized Environments -- 11 Carbon Dioxide -- 12 Trees -- 13 Wolves -- 14 Uranium -- 15 Tuna -- 16 Lawns -- 17 Bottled Water -- 18 French Fries -- 19 E-Waste.
Summary: Environment and Society: A Critical Introduction, Third Edition demonstrates how theoretical approaches such as environmental ethics, political economy, and social construction work as conceptual tools to identify and clarify contemporary environmental issues. Assuming no background knowledge in the subject, this reader-friendly textbook uses clear language and engaging examples to first describe nine key conceptual tools, and then apply them to a variety of familiar objects—from bottled water and French fries to trees, wolves, and carbon dioxide. Throughout the text, highly accessible chapters provide insight into the relationship between the environment and present-day society.
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Books Books National University - Manila LRC - Architecture General Circulation Environmental Planning GC GE 105 .R63 2022 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.1 Available NULIB000020576

Includes index.

1 Introduction: The View from a Human-Made Wild -- Part I Approaches and Perspectives -- 2 Population and Scarcity -- 3 Markets and Commodities -- 4 Institutions and “The Commons” -- 5 Environmental Ethics -- 6 Risks and Technology -- 7 Political Economy -- 8 Social Construction of Nature -- 9 Feminism and the Environment -- 10 Racialized Environments -- 11 Carbon Dioxide -- 12 Trees -- 13 Wolves -- 14 Uranium -- 15 Tuna -- 16 Lawns -- 17 Bottled Water -- 18 French Fries -- 19 E-Waste.

Environment and Society: A Critical Introduction, Third Edition demonstrates how theoretical approaches such as environmental ethics, political economy, and social construction work as conceptual tools to identify and clarify contemporary environmental issues. Assuming no background knowledge in the subject, this reader-friendly textbook uses clear language and engaging examples to first describe nine key conceptual tools, and then apply them to a variety of familiar objects—from bottled water and French fries to trees, wolves, and carbon dioxide. Throughout the text, highly accessible chapters provide insight into the relationship between the environment and present-day society.

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