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This book argues that social and environmental policy should be
synthetically treated as one and the same field, that both are but
two aspects of the same coin - if sustainability is the goal. Such
a paradigm shift is indicated, important, and timely to effectively
move towards sustainability. This book is the first to take this
approach and to give examples for it. Not to synthetically merge
the two fields has been and will continue to be highly
insufficient, inefficient and contradictory for policy and public
administration aiming for a transformation towards a sustainable
world. In general, social problems are dealt with in one "policy
corner" and environmental problems in another. Rarely is social
policy (at large) concerned with its impact on the environment or
its connection with and relevance to environmental policy. Equally,
environmental problems are generally not seen in conjunction with
social policy, even though much environmental policy directly
relates to health, nutrition, migration and other issues addressed
by social policy. This book intends to correct the pattern to
separate these very significant and large policy fields. Using
examples from diverse academic and applied fields, it is shown how
environmental policy can (and should) be thought of as social
policy - and how social policy can (and should) simultaneously be
seen as environmental policy. Tremendous benefits are to be
expected.
This work is part of a series of original articles on research in
social movements, conflicts and change. It carries papers that are
broad in scope and methodologically diverse.
Adopting the notion of 'third world' as a political as well as a
geographical category, this volume analyzes marginalized women's
experiences of globalization. It unravels the intersections of
race, culture, ethnicity, nationality and class which have shaped
the position of these women in the global political economy, their
cultural and their national history. In addition to a thematically
structured and highly informative investigation, the authors offer
an exploration of the policy implications which are commonly
neglected in mainstream literature. The result is a must have
volume for sociological academics, social policy experts and
professionals working within non-governmental organizations.
Adopting the notion of 'third world' as a political as well as a
geographical category, this volume analyzes marginalized women's
experiences of globalization. It unravels the intersections of
race, culture, ethnicity, nationality and class which have shaped
the position of these women in the global political economy, their
cultural and their national history. In addition to a thematically
structured and highly informative investigation, the authors offer
an exploration of the policy implications which are commonly
neglected in mainstream literature. The result is a must have
volume for sociological academics, social policy experts and
professionals working within non-governmental organizations.
This book argues that social and environmental policy should be
synthetically treated as one and the same field, that both are but
two aspects of the same coin - if sustainability is the goal. Such
a paradigm shift is indicated, important, and timely to effectively
move towards sustainability. This book is the first to take this
approach and to give examples for it. Not to synthetically merge
the two fields has been and will continue to be highly
insufficient, inefficient and contradictory for policy and public
administration aiming for a transformation towards a sustainable
world. In general, social problems are dealt with in one "policy
corner" and environmental problems in another. Rarely is social
policy (at large) concerned with its impact on the environment or
its connection with and relevance to environmental policy. Equally,
environmental problems are generally not seen in conjunction with
social policy, even though much environmental policy directly
relates to health, nutrition, migration and other issues addressed
by social policy. This book intends to correct the pattern to
separate these very significant and large policy fields. Using
examples from diverse academic and applied fields, it is shown how
environmental policy can (and should) be thought of as social
policy - and how social policy can (and should) simultaneously be
seen as environmental policy. Tremendous benefits are to be
expected.
This is the 20th volume in a series of research articles in social
movements, conflicts and change. The papers are broad in scope and
methodologically diverse.
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