4th Edition
by John Hannigan (Author)
John
Hannigan’s definitive textbook offers a distinctive, balanced coverage
of environmental issues, policies and action. This revised fourth
edition has been expanded and fully updated to explore contemporary
developments and issues within global environmental sociology.
Environmental Sociology reconciles
Hannigan’s widely cited model of the social construction of
environmental problems and controversies, which states that incipient
environmental issues must be identified, researched, promoted and
persuasively argued in the form of "claims", with an environmental
justice perspective that stresses inequality and threats to local
communities. For example, this new edition explores the interconnections
between indigenous communities and environmental activists via a study
of the difficult relationship between Aboriginal people and
environmentalists in Australia. The updated fourth edition also
discusses new direct action protest groups, such as Extinction
Rebellion, who have reframed the discourse around the "climate
emergency" using apocalyptic language and imagery. Environmental Sociology
also signposts exciting new directions for future research. The fourth
edition re-interrogates the classical roots of environmental theory with
a focus of the work of Alexander von Humboldt. Hannigan also asserts
the need for environmental sociologists to turn their attention to "The
Forgotten Ocean", arguing that the discipline should incorporate
cutting-edge concepts such as marine justice, striated space and
volumetrics.
Environmental Sociology is
a key text for students and researchers in environmental studies,
political ecology, social geography and environmental sociology.
