An Invitation to Environmental Sociology

Third Edition

Michael Mayerfeld Bell	University of Wisconsin - Madison

© 2009	384 pages	Pine Forge Press

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Substantial Content Revisions

1. The first book to provide an integrated view of environmental sociology, balancing the importance of material factors and ideal factors through the central concept of "ecological dialogue."
2. Discusses the latest theoretical trends in environmental sociology, including environmental flows, complexity theory, green marxism, critical realism, political consumerism, and recent critical appraisals of the treadmill of production and of actor network theory.
3. Social Action case studies, combined with an analytical and theoretical approach, give students a sense of relevance while at the same time encouraging the development of critical thinking
4. Written in a lively, engaging, personal style, communicating the relevance of social theory and a social perspective for resolving the practical issues of our environmental predicament and bringing this relevance home through practical and everyday examples.
5. Two new chapters in the Third Edition, one on Social Movements, and the other on Environmental Governance

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