Sociology, Environmentalism, Globalization : Reinventing the Globe.
Title:
Sociology, Environmentalism, Globalization : Reinventing the Globe.
Author:
Yearley, Steven.
ISBN:
9780857022837
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (173 pages)
Series:
New Horizons in Sociology : International Perspectives ; v.1
New Horizons in Sociology : International Perspectives
Contents:
Cover -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- 1 - The Sociology of Globalization -- 2 - Environmental Issues and the Compression of the Globe -- 3 - How do the World's Environmental Problems come to be 'Global'? -- 4 - Universalizing Discourses and Globalization -- 5 - Rethinking the Global -- References -- Index.
Abstract:
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.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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