Yearley Sociology, Environmentalism, Globalization

Reinventing the Globe
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-85702-283-7
Verlag: SAGE Publications
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 176 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

This authoritative book brings together the sociologies of globalization and the environment in one volume. Steven Yearley argues that environmental issues have received scant attention in the general debate on globalization even though environmentalists have been very successful in capturing the language and imagery of the globe.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Yearley, Steven

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Gesellschaftstheorie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The Sociology of Globalization
Environmental Issues and the Compression of the Globe
How Do the World's Environmental Problems Come to Be `Global'?
Universalizing Discourses and Globalization
Rethinking the Global

Über Autor(innen)

Yearley, Steven
Steven Yearley is Professor of Sociology at the University of York; author of Science and Sociological Practice (Open University Press, 1984), Science Technology and Social Change (Unwin Hyman, 1988) and The Green Case: A Sociology of Environmental Arguments, Issues and Politics (Harper Collins, 1991); editor of Deciphering Science and Technology (with M McNeill and I Varcoe), and Protecting the Periphery: Environmental Policy in Peripheral Regions of the European Union (with S Baker and K Milton).