Environmental Sociology

A Research Agenda for Food Systems

Edited by Colin Sage

‘This is a fine and wonderful book. We know that food systems worldwide have been transformed in recent decades. They have made food a raging success, more people fed than ever. They also cause vast ill-health and planetary harm, and lea...

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Towards Sustainable Welfare States in Europe

Edited by Mi A. Schoyen, Bjørn Hvinden, Merethe Dotterud Leiren

‘This edited book should be applauded for insisting that environmental issues are racing up the agenda and must gain pride of place in future thinking. In particular, global heating and the climate crisis pose an existential threat to co...

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Handbook of Anti-Environmentalism

Edited by David Tindall, Mark C.J. Stoddart, Riley E. Dunlap

‘In an era where scientific misinformation and disinformation are proliferating globally, there is a clear and pressing need for this state-of-the-art overview of anti-environmental actors, messages and campaigns. The editors of the Han...

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Welfare States in the 21st Century

Ian Greener

‘This text is essential reading for the study of comparative social policy. It explores and accounts for the five “New Giants” for 24 developed nations using the relatively novel approach of Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA). It is ...

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Defining Disaster

Edited by Marie Aronsson-Storrier, Rasmus Dahlberg

‘Bringing together anthropology, geography, social work, and law, among other disciplines, this new edited book from Aronsson-Storrier and Dahlberg tackles a critical issue in an era of climate change, extreme weather events, and man-mad...

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The Violence of Conservation in Africa

Edited by Maano Ramutsindela, Frank Matose, Tafadzwa Mushonga

‘The Violence of Conservation in Africa explores the vexed question of why conservation action in Africa is so often associated with violence and militarisation. Maano Ramutsindela, Frank Matose and Tafadzwa Mushonga have brought togethe...

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Handbook of Critical Agrarian Studies

Edited by A. H. Akram-Lodhi, Kristina Dietz, Bettina Engels, Ben M. McKay

‘This impressive Handbook captures and reflects the vibrancy of, and will propel further, the rapidly expanding field of critical agrarian studies. It is an indispensable reference in the field for students, teachers, researchers, policy...

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Research Handbook on Energy and Society

Edited by Janette Webb, Faye Wade, Margaret Tingey

‘At last, a serious review of the interactions between society and energy. The Handbook considers the impacts of decarbonisation options from many angles, but all through the lens of society and social science, and not just from the tech...

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Conducting and Financing Low-carbon Transitions in China

Le-Yin Zhang

Utilizing a governmentality lens, this timely book offers an explanation for China’s decarbonization performance in the early 21st century. Le-Yin Zhang investigates one of the most ambitious governing projects in history, analyzing the ...

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Research Handbook on Environmental Sociology

Edited by Axel Franzen, Sebastian Mader

‘Climate change is humankind’s ultimate challenge. It is our behaviour that is causing the climate disaster, because our ancestors were selected to turn resources maximally into offspring. Our evolved heritage are ruthless harvesting str...

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Research Handbook on International Environmental Law

Edited by Malgosia Fitzmaurice, Marcel Brus, Panos Merkouris, Agnes Rydberg

This thoroughly updated and revised second edition of this foundational Handbook combines practical and theoretical analyses to cover a wide array of cutting edge issues in international environmental law (IEL). It provides a comprehensi...

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