"The human life course is filled with and subject to a wide range of personal difficulties, many of which are shared by others. Life events and processes such as birth, childhood, training for and entering an occupation, marriage, and procreation, growing older, death and dying are all subject to dilemmas, obstacles, and barriers. Social Problems across the Life Course offers accessible readings that examine the societal construction of ..."
"The human life course is filled with and subject to a wide range of personal difficulties, many of which are shared by others. Life events and processes such as birth, childhood, training for and entering an occupation, marriage, and procreation, growing older, death and dying are all subject to dilemmas, obstacles, and barriers. Social Problems across the Life Course offers accessible readings that examine the societal construction of ..."
"Injustice and Unsustainability in the Global Economy Kenneth A. Gould, David N.
Pellow, Allan Schnaiberg ... Sociological. Imagination. A Series from Paradigm
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"2000. Environment and Society: The Enduring Conflict. West Caldwell, NJ:
Blackburn Press. Schnaiberg, A., D. N. Pellow, and A. S. Weinberg. 2002. “The
Treadmill of Production and the Environmental State.” In The EnvironmentalState
under Pressure. A. P. J. Moland F. H. Buttel, 15–32. Amsterdam: Elsevier Science
. Schor, J., and D. B. Holt, eds. 2000. The Consumer Society Reader. New York:
New Press. Schumacher, E. F. 1973. SmallIs Be ..."
"In recent years, environmentalism in the United States has increasingly emerged at the community level, focusing on local ecological problems. The authors critique the modern environmental mantra, "think globally, act locally," by analyzing the opportunities and constraints on local environmental action posed by economic and political structures at all levels. Three case studies--a wetlands protection project, water pollution of the Gre ..."
"Schnaiberg's concept of the treadmill of production is arguably the most visible and enduring theory to emerge in three decades of environmental sociology. Elaborated and tested, it has been found to be an accurate predictor of political-economic changes in the global economy. In the global South, it has figures prominently in the work of structural environmental analysts and has been used by many political-economic movements. Building ..."
"First published in 1994 and now reprinted with a new foreword updating the situation from the original edition Environment and Society: The Enduring Conflict explores environmental problems - coherently and theoretically - from both a political and economic point of view. By illustrating the root causes of environmental disruption - global warming, soil depletion, desertification, water and air pollution - the authors show how to recogn ..."
"John. Bellamy. Foster. In the first five selections, the authors examine the
intersections between politics, economics, and the environment. The sociological
study of politics and economics challenges our tendency to take the current
systems for granted and therefore represents an important cornerstone of
environmental sociology. Many of us tend to assume, for instance, that capitalist
trade is "natural," that competition is the mo ..."
"This reading by Peter Rosset, executive director of the Institute for Food and
Development Policy/Food First, describes how Cuba developed an alternative
agricultural system out of necessity. After the fall of the Soviet Union, Cuba
moved from a highly mechanized system of agricultural production based on high
inputs of fossil fuels and chemical products to a system that is "low input rather
than high input" and that relies more on ..."
"As Harry Braverman (1974:276) later stated, “The source of status [was] no
longer the ability to make things but simply the ability to purchase them.” In a
recent look at American consumption patterns, the economist Robert Frank
describes a new variation of American mass consumption as “luxury fever” (Frank
1999; see also Schor 1998). Frank argues that Americans measure self-worth
based on their ability to consume. But now they str ..."
"First published in 1994 and now reprinted with a new foreword updating the situation from the original edition Environment and Society: The Enduring Conflict explores environmental problems - coherently and theoretically - from both a political and economic point of view. By illustrating the root causes of environmental disruption - global warming, soil depletion, desertification, water and air pollution - the authors show how to recogn ..."
"More Americans recycle than vote. And most do so to improve their communities and the environment. But do recycling programs advance social, economic, and environmental goals? To answer this, three sociologists with expertise in urban and environmental planning have conducted the first major study of urban recycling. They compare four types of programs in the Chicago metropolitan area: a community-based drop-off center, a municipal curb ..."
"In recent years, environmentalism in the United States has increasingly emerged at the community level, focusing on local ecological problems. The authors critique the modern environmental mantra, "think globally, act locally," by analyzing the opportunities and constraints on local environmental action posed by economic and political structures at all levels. Three case studies--a wetlands protection project, water pollution of the Gre ..."
"Language:Chinese.Paperback. Pub Date: 1996 07 Pages: 228 in Publisher: Camidge University Press In recent years. environmentalism in the U.S. has increasingly emerged at the community level. Focusing on local ecological problems. Correspondingly the American environmental movement_path the has exhorted its supporters to 'think globally' but 'act locally'. The authors examine this modern environmental mantra by analysing the opportunitie ..."
"The book offers both a coherent perspective for solving ecological problems of all kinds and a systematic approach that show how organizations, institutions, and individuals can push for environmental protection reforms."
"Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute provides a collection of Internet resources about the environment and society, as part of its Environmental Studies Program."