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	Environmental sociology - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Environmental sociology is typically defined as the study of societal-environmental interactions, or the relationships between modern societies and their biophysical environments.
		Environmental sociologists study the factors that cause environmental problems, the societal impacts of those problems, as well as efforts to solve the problems.
		In other words, most environmental problems have a "real" ontological status despite our knowledge/awareness of them stemming from social processes, processes by which various conditions are "constructed" as problems by scientists, activists, media and other social actors.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Environmental_sociology (237 words)

	Environmental sociology
		Environmental sociology is typically defined as the study of societal-environmental interaction s, or the relationships between modern societies and their biophysical environment s.
		Although there was debate between the constructivist and realist "camps" within environmental sociology in the 1990s, the two sides have found considerable common ground as both increasingly accept that while most environmental problems have a material "reality" they nonetheless become known only via human processes such as scientific knowledge, activists' efforts and media attention.
		Sociology of the Environment Research Group - A group that carries out social research on environmental topics with the aim of providing inputs to the formation of policy and practice.
	www.nebulasearch.com /encyclopedia/article/Environmental_sociology.html (524 words)

	F. Buttel. Environmental Sociology
		Environmental activists have been at the forefront of recognizing that anchoring social movement claims and strategies in scientific knowledge is an effective strategy in the highly rationalized social structure and political economy of the late 20th century (see Yearley 1991).
		Likewise, environmentalism has arguably grown in stature as a new form or modality of resistance to dominant institutions; in the wake of the declining role of labor parties, trade unions, and other traditional institutions of left politics, environmental criticisms of policies and practices may be an effective or legitimate mode of expressing resistance.
		Environmental sociology obviously has a responsibility to respond to changes in the natural-scientific, public policy, and social bases of environmental issues, but this flexibility can come at the expense of sustained research on crucial resource issues (particularly those that are not of keen interest to major environmental groups).
	core.ecu.edu /soci/juskaa/buttel.htm (5888 words)

	Category:Sociology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sociology is the study of social rules and processes that bind and separate people not only as individuals, but as members of associations, groups, and institutions.
		A typical textbook definition of sociology calls it the study of the social lives of humans, groups and societies.
		Sociology is interested in our behavior as social beings; thus the sociological field of interest ranges from the analysis of short contacts between anonymous individuals on the street to the study of global social processes.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Category:Sociology (169 words)

	Buttel part I
		Environmental sociology in the mid-1990s, though more successful than ever as a subdiscipline of sociology, has made these gains even as it has moved to the precipice of dissension and disarray.
		These intentionally environmental practices are social patterns or behaviors in which actors are subjectively conscious that they are engaging in environmentally relevant activities, or else are social relations in which at least some actors see the practices as being environmentally related.
		Environmentalism has no "natural constituency" that is, no particular social group that undergirds its base of support (as, for example, women comprise with respect to feminism, and minority groups do with regard to the civil rights movement).
	core.ecu.edu /soci/juskaa/SOCI3222/Buttel2.htm (3564 words)

	Environmental Sociology and Human Ecology
		Environmental Sociology and modern Human Ecology seek to understand the interconnections between the social and biological features of society, between societies as functioning entities and the ecosystems upon which they are dependent for survival.
		Environmental Sociology tends to focus on the social forces producing environmental change, especially untoward environmental impacts, and on the causes and consequences of threats to environmental sustainability.
		The Sociology Department at Washington State University was both one of the founding institutions of the field of Environmental Sociology while concurrently contributing to the transformation of the field of Human Ecology to its modern orientation over a quarter of a century ago.
	libarts.wsu.edu /soc/Areas/Environment.htm (235 words)

	Environmental Sociology
		Environmental sociology is the study of the reciprocal interactions between the physical environment, social organization, and social behavior.
		An important development of this subdiscipline was the shift from a "sociology of environment" to an "environmental sociology." While the former refers to the study of environmental issues through the lens of traditional sociology, the latter encompasses the societal-environmental relations (Dunlap and Catton, 1979; Dunlap and Catton, 1994).
		The Department of Sociology at Washington State University (WSU) was the first program to offer a specialization in environmental sociology at the Ph.D. level, reflecting the leadership of its faculty in the construction of the subdiscipline.
	www.socialresearchmethods.net /Gallery/Neto/Envsoc1.html (2217 words)

	University of Pittsburgh at Bradford /Sociology Minor_Courses (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Environmental sociology examines the large-scale narrative on environmental issues.
		This course presents sociology from a global perspective in three ways: it focuses on social change as a critical factor in understanding society today, it uses a cross-international approach to compare nations and regions of the world, and it examines the ties between societies and the manner in which these relationships create a global society.
		This course is a survey of the quantitative adn qualitative techniques used by sociologists to analyze data and is based upon the theory of triangulation, which emphasizes the use of multiple analytic techniques to ensure valid findings as social phenomena are examined.
	www.upb.pitt.edu /academics/programs/sociology_maj/courses.htm (1243 words)

	Read about Environmental sociology at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Environmental sociology and learn about ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		sociology is typically defined as the study of
		sociologists study the factors that cause environmental problems, the societal impacts of those problems, as well as efforts to solve the problems.
		Although there was debate between the constructivist and realist "camps" within environmental sociology in the
	encyclopedia.worldvillage.com /s/b/Environmental_sociology (199 words)

	Environmental sociology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Environmental sociology aims to understand the inter-relationship of culture and nature.
		One distinction is between "green" and "brown" environmental issues which largely corresponds to the divide between urban and rural concerns.
		The aim of the course on environmental sociology offered by the department of Sociology is to give students an historical and theoretical understanding og the social aspects of these debates, and to empower them to engage with environmental issues at both a practical and theoretical level as sociologists.
	sunsite.wits.ac.za /env/soc.htm (194 words)

	SAGE Publications - An Invitation to Environmental Sociology
		Environmental sociology is the study of community in the largest sense.
		The author explores three elements of environmental sociology-the material, the ideal, and the practical.
		Discusses environmental sociology from a community perspective, engaging students from a familiar intellectual starting place, and then leading them in new directions.
	www.sagepub.com /printerfriendly.aspx?pid=10109&ptype=B (392 words)

	Environmental sociology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Environmental sociologists study the factors that cause environmental problems, the societal impacts of those problems, aswell as efforts to solve the problems.
		In addition, considerable attention is paid to the social processes by which certainenvironmental conditions become socially defined as problems, particularly by scholars with a " social constructivist " orientation.
		Although there was debate between the constructivist and realist "camps" withinenvironmental sociology in the 1990s, the two sides have found considerable common groundas both increasingly accept that while most environmental problems have a material "reality" they nonetheless become known onlyvia human processes such as scientific knowledge, activists' efforts and media attention.
	www.therfcc.org /environmental-sociology-8529.html (201 words)

	Environmental sociology.../Frederick Buttel
		Environmental Sociology and the Explanation of Environmental Reform
		This presentation makes the case that environmental sociology is in the midst of a significant shift of problematics, from the explanation of environmental degradation to the explanation of environmental reform.
		One of the main tasks of environmental sociology will be to assess which of these four mechanisms is the most fundamental to environmental reform.
	video.helsinki.fi /yrtti/Buttel/index.html (238 words)

	Environmental Sociology
		This dialog is the focus of environmental sociology.
		Write a reflection paper based on your experience and describe what organization or community activism you are involved in, what are the mission or goals of the organization, and other general information about the organization and its activities.
		Let’s say you were an environmental sociologist who were studying WWC students’attitude and behavior related to sustainability, environmental justice, environmental ethic and other environmetal concerns.
	www.warren-wilson.edu /~socanth/coursepages/SOC271F02.htm (2481 words)

	Handbook of Environmental Sociology — www.greenwood.com
		The field of environmental sociology has developed over the past 25 years to the point that it is no longer simply an extension of standard sociology applied to environmental issues, but has become its own unique subdiscipline.
		Formally established in 1976 with the formation of the American Sociological Association's Section on Environmental Sociology, the field emerged in response to widespread societal recognition of the significance of environmental problems in the 1970s and has flourished ever since.
		This timely and important collection is a must-read for students and scholars specializing in environmental sociology, social ecology, environmental studies, and urban and regional planning.
	www.greenwood.com /books/BookDetail.asp?dept_id=1&sku=DHE/&imprintID= (588 words)

	environmental sociology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		McCarthy, who joined the sociology faculty for the academic year as a Thoreau Fellow, began studying social movements, particularly the environmental justice movement, as a graduate student at Virginia Tech.
		Unlike the mainstream environmental movement that is often geared to creating pristine areas untouched by people or where human effect is minimized, the environmental justice movement addresses the realities of living in the local environment – the interaction of people and the environment.
		Environmental justice groups have made significant policy advantages in the past 10 years.
	www.umaine.edu /perspective/archives/february/thoreau.htm (450 words)

	Environmental Sociology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Sociology 470 is a survey course specifically concerning the ways human beings relate to the world around them.
		To do this I will provide you with knowledge of what environmental sociology is and is not through an examination of its concepts, theories, and methods of investigation.
		From time-to-time, the professor and the students may become aware of campus/community activities that may demonstrate environmental sociology concepts and principles.
	www.wku.edu /~douglas.smith/S470syl2002.htm (1175 words)

	SEMINAR IN SOCIAL ECOLOGY
		Dunlap, Riley E. “The Evolution of Environmental Sociology: A Brief History and Assessment of the American Experience,” pp.43-62 in R. Scott Frey (ed.), The Environment and Society: Reader.
		Dunlap, Riley E. “Paradigms, Theories, and Environmental Sociology,” pp.329-350 in Riley E. Dunlap, Frederick H. Buttel, Peter Dickens, and August Gijswijt (Eds.) Sociological Theory and the Environment: Classical Foundations, Contemporary Insights.
		Brulle, Robert J. “Environmental Discourse and Social Movement Organizations: A Historical and Rhetorical Perspective on the Development of U.S. Environmental Organizations,” pp.
	www.shsu.edu /~soc_www/syllabus/564rev.html (2196 words)

	2004 Environmental Sociology Syllabus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		These include, but are not limited to: environmental attitudes and behaviors, human carrying capacity, ecosystem, sustainability, environmental justice, eco-Marxism, globalization, deep ecology, ecofeminism, the various strains of the environmental movement, and the social construction of nature.
		You are required to become involved with an environmental organization of some kind and to reflect on your involvement in your journal and final paper.
		Environmental service-learning offers you the chance to learn first-hand how environmental change happens and what your role in that change is.
	www.skidmore.edu /~rscarce/ClassWebPages/Environmental_Sociology/2004_ES_Syllabus.html (2976 words)

	Sociological Concentrations
		Environmental sociology is a relatively new field of sociological inquiry.
		Since all sociology is ultimately concerned with change, process and development of human populations, one could say that, in a sense, all sociology is historic.
		Political sociology is the study of politics, especially as it involves the institutions, organization and social impacts of polity.
	colfa.utsa.edu /Sociology/masters/topics.html (3068 words)

	Environmental Sociology; A Social Constructionist Perspective (Environment and Society), Routledge, JOHN HANNIGAN
		In Environmental Sociology John Hannigan demonstrates that society's willingness to recognize and solve environmental problems rests primarily upon the claims-making activities of a handful of "issue entrepreneurs" in science, the mass media, and politics.
		In the concluding chapter, the author considers the construction of environmental risks and knowledge within the context of the more general sociological debate over modernity and postmodernity.
		Critically assessing both the postmodern current and "late modern" theories of "risk society" and "ecological modernization", Hannigan suggests a future course for environmental sociology which would view the environment as the site of various definitional and contestatory activities especially those which take place in the context of global consumerism.
	www.allentech.net /bookstore/item_0415112559.html (300 words)

	Sociology 560--Environmental Sociology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Sociology 560 is the foundations course for environmental sociology.
		There is a continuing theme in this work that involves environmental conflict in the context of the contradictory roles of the liberal democratic state and the consequent unequal distribution of environmental problems.
		"The Political Economy of Environmental Problems and Policies:Consciousness, Conflict, and Control Capacity." To be published eventually in Handbook of Environmental Sociology, edited by Riley Dunlap and William Michelson.
	web.utk.edu /~scable/soc560.htm (1332 words)

	Sociology 5305: Environmental Sociology
		Our purpose is to investigate the societal causes and cures of environmental deterioration, whatever they may be.
		Term papers: Theme: investigate a case of human-caused environmental degradation that bears upon, and supports or knocks down, one or more of the theoretical explanations advanced in the readings.
		Hannigan, John A. Environmental Sociology, A Social Constructivist Perspective.
	www.soc.umn.edu /~broadbnt/Soc5305.htm (366 words)

	Soc865 Environmental Sociology -- Alan Rudy
		This weekly seminar will survey environmental sociology, emphasizing the diversity of contemporary theories of nature-society relations.
		THIRD: The final assignment for the class is the preparation of a question, and an answer, that might act as a part of a comprehensive exam which included Environmental Sociology as a field.
		Robert Gramling and William R. Freudenburg (1996) "Environmental Sociology: Toward a Paradigm for the 21st Century." Sociological Spectrum 16: 4.
	www.msu.edu /user/rudya/Soc865.htm (2725 words)

	Books you need to read
		Reclaiming the Environmental Debate: The Politics of Health in a Toxic Culture by Richard Hofrichter (Editor).
		The Land That Could Be: Environmentalism and Democracy in the Twenty-First Century by William A. Shutkin, David Brower (foreword).
		Environmental Crime: Enforcement, Policy, and Social Responsibility by Mary Clifford (Editor).
	www.mapcruzin.com /morebooks.htm (1955 words)

	Graduate Program in Environmental Sociology
		Environmental Sociology represents one of several focal areas of research and teaching in the Department of Sociology at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
		Downey's research examines environmental inequality in metropolitan America, the mental and physical health impacts of residential proximity to polluting manufacturing facilities, and the impact that residential segregation has on residential proximity to manufacturing jobs and pollution.
		Environmental conflicts as related to facility siting and land use decisions represent important components of the Consortium’s history and present agenda.
	socsci.colorado.edu /SOC/Graduate/envsoc.html (1102 words)

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