• ISBN13: 9788132110118
• Binding: Paperback
• Subject: Earth-Science/Environment
• Publisher: Sage Publications
• Publisher Imprint: Sage South Asia
• Publication Date: May 6, 2024
• Pages: 400
• Original Price: INR 895.0
• Language: English
• Edition: South Asia Edition
• Item Weight: 655 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): Human Geography

Key Features Improves the exposition and integration of the unifying concept of ecological dialogue Develops the notion of virtual environmentalism as a practical application of environmental sociology to real-world problems Offers an integration of environmental social movement theory Discusses the latest theoretical trends in environmental sociology, including environmental flows, the Jevons paradox, disproportionality, degrowth, and participatory governance Online resources for instructors and students are available at www.pineforge.com/bell4e About the Book: An Invitation to Environmental Sociology 4thEdition he highly praised Fourth Edition of An Invitation toEnvironmental Sociology brings out the sociology of environmentalpossibility, inviting students to delve into this rapidly changingfield. Written in a lively, engaging style, Bell covers the broadrange of topics in environmental sociology with a personal passionrarely seen in sociology textbooks. New to This Edition A new section in Chapter 1 discusses the challenges tosustainability posed by energy production and use significant revisions to Chapter 5 add a new section on thesociology of food and a new section on the sociology of mobilitiesand environmental flows A new section in Chapter 8 on the social construction of"environmental non-problems" focuses on climate changeskepticism Discussion of the realist-constructionist debate is updated inlight of recent scholarship Contents Preface Environmental Problems and Society I: The Material Consumption and Materialism Money and Machines Population and Development Body and Health II: The Ideal The Ideology of Environmental Domination The Ideology of Environmental Concern The Human Nature of Nature The Rationality of Risk III: The Practical Mobilizing the Ecological Society Governing the Ecological Society References Notes Index About the Author: Michael Mayerfeld Bell Michael Mayerfeld Bell University of Wisconsin - Madison,Chile Reviews This is not only t