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.
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