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008 040521s2005 enk b 001 0 eng
010 $a2004051672
020 $a1403901201 (cloth)
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050 00 $aGE195$b.Y43 2005
100 1 $aYearley, Steven.
245 10 $aCultures of environmentalism :$bempirical studies in environmental sociology /$cSteven Yearley.
260 $aHoundmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ;$aNew York :$bPalgrave Macmillan,$c2005.
300 $avii, 205 p. ;$c23 cm.
520 1 $a"This book demonstrates the power and scope of empirical analysis in environmental sociology. In doing so, it provides an antidote to the recent dominance of abstract theoretical disputes in sociological work on nature and the environment. Dividing the author's first-hand research studies into three categories - on cultures of movement, on environment, law and public policy, and on cultures of knowing and proving - this text uses case studies, interviews, focus-group techniques and observational analyses to explore the development of environmentalism and the environmental movement. The analyses enable the reader to understand how environmental disputes are contested, perpetuated and resolved. The cases are carefully documented with extensive use of original materials. Drawing on the substantive findings in the empirical chapters, the book concludes with an original sociological treatment of the challenges that will face attempts to live sustainably. It is essential reading for students and academics in sociology, social anthropology, social geography and cultural studies."--BOOK JACKET
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 192-199) and index.
650 0 $aEnvironmentalism$xSocial aspects.
650 0 $aEnvironmental policy.
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/hol053/2004051672.html
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/hol052/2004051672.html
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