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Environmental Sociology: Risk and Sustainability in Modernity examines the encounter between sociology and contemporary environmental issues. It presents the proposal for an environmental sociology considering the dilemmas surrounding sustainable development, ecological modernization, and risk society. In this book, Cristiano Luis Lenzi critically examines these concepts, aiming to show how controversial environmental sociology still is. The book offers a nuanced interpretation of some of the issues and disputes that arise in the debate over these approaches in the sociological literature.



Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1. Greening Sociology: The Challenge of Environmental Sociology

Chapter 2. Ecological Modernization: Economic Growth versus Environmental Protection

Chapter 3. The Challenge of Sustainability: Sociology, Justice, and Democracy

Chapter 4. Ecological Modernity: Risk, Science, and Politics

Conclusion

References

About the Author

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      Publisher: Lexington Books
      Publication Date: 06/07/2022
      ISBN13: 9781666911503, 978-1666911503
      ISBN10: 166691150X

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Environmental Sociology: Risk and Sustainability in Modernity examines the encounter between sociology and contemporary environmental issues. It presents the proposal for an environmental sociology considering the dilemmas surrounding sustainable development, ecological modernization, and risk society. In this book, Cristiano Luis Lenzi critically examines these concepts, aiming to show how controversial environmental sociology still is. The book offers a nuanced interpretation of some of the issues and disputes that arise in the debate over these approaches in the sociological literature.



      Table of Contents

      Introduction

      Chapter 1. Greening Sociology: The Challenge of Environmental Sociology

      Chapter 2. Ecological Modernization: Economic Growth versus Environmental Protection

      Chapter 3. The Challenge of Sustainability: Sociology, Justice, and Democracy

      Chapter 4. Ecological Modernity: Risk, Science, and Politics

      Conclusion

      References

      About the Author

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