Description
A comprehensive yet accessible introduction to the?conceptual?tools?used to explore real-world environmental problems? Environment and Society: A Critical Introduction, Third Edition?demonstrates how theoretical approaches?such as environmental ethics, political economy,?and?social construction?work as?conceptual?tools to?identify and?clarify?contemporary environmental?issues.?Assuming no background knowledge in the subject, this?reader-friendly?textbook uses clear language and engaging examples?to?first?describe?nine key?conceptual tools, and then?apply?them to a variety of familiar objects-from?bottled water and French?fries?to?trees,?wolves,?and carbon dioxide.?Throughout the text,?highly accessible?chapters provide insight into?the relationship between the environment and present-day society.? Divided into?two parts, the?text?begins by explaining?major?theoretical?approaches?for?interpreting the environment-society relationship?and?discussing?different perspectives about environmental problems. Part II examines a series of objects, each viewed through?a sample of?the?theoretical?tools?from Part I, helping readers think critically about?critical environmental?topics such as deforestation,?climate change, the global water supply,?and?hazardous?e-waste.?This?fully revised third edition stresses a wider range of competing ways of thinking about environmental issues?and features additional?cases studies, up-to-date?conceptual understandings, and?new chapters in Part?I?on?racializd?environments?and feminist approaches.?Environment and Society: A Critical Introduction, Third Edition:? Covers?theoretical lenses?such as?commodities, environmental ethics,?and?risks and hazards,?and applies them to?touchstone environment-society?objects like?wolves, tuna,?trees, and carbon dioxide??Uses?a?conversational narrative to explain?key historical?events,?topical issues and policies,?and?scientific concepts?Features?substantial revisions and updates, including new chapters on feminism?and race,?and?improved maps and illustrations?Includes a wealth of in-book and online resources, including exercises?and?boxed discussions,?chapter summaries, review questions, references, suggested readings,?an online test bank, and internet links?Provides?additional?instructor?support such as?suggested teaching models,?full-color?PowerPoint slides, and supplementary teaching material? Retaining the?innovative approach?of its predecessors,?Environment and Society: A Critical Introduction, Third Edition?remains the ideal textbook for courses in?environmental issues, environmental science,?and?nature?and?society theory.?
Binding: Paperback / softback
Binding: Paperback / softback