Environmental Sociology Books

New and Published Books

1. Sacred Ecology

   3rd Edition

   By Fikret Berkes

   Sacred Ecology examines bodies of knowledge held by indigenous and other rural peoples around the world, and asks how we can learn from this knowledge and ways of knowing. Berkes explores the importance of local and indigenous knowledge as a complement to scientific ecology, and its cultural and...

   Published March 18th 2012 by Routledge
2. The Sociology of Food and Agriculture

   By Michael Carolan

   Series: Earthscan Food and Agriculture

   As interest has increased in topics such as the globalization of the agrifood system, food security, and food safety, the subjects of food and agriculture are making their way into a growing number of courses in disciplines within the social sciences and the humanities, like sociology and food...

   Published March 13th 2012 by Routledge
3. A Crisis of Waste?

   Understanding the Rubbish Society

   By Martin O'Brien

   Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology

   This book takes a measured look at the 'crisis of waste' in modern society and it does so historically, sociologically and critically. It tells stories about past and present ‘crises’ of waste and puts them in their appropriate social and industrial contexts. From Charles Dickens to Don...

   Published December 8th 2011 by Routledge
4. Transitions to Sustainable Development

   New Directions in the Study of Long Term Transformative Change

   By John Grin, Jan Rotmans, Johan Schot

   Series: Routledge Studies in Sustainability Transitions

   Over the past few decades, there has been a growing concern about the social and environmental risks which have come along with the progress achieved through a variety of mutually intertwined modernization processes. In recent years these concerns are transformed into a widely-shared sense of...

   Published July 14th 2011 by Routledge
5. Confronting Climate Change

   By Constance Lever-Tracy

   Series: Shortcuts

   What are the manifest and likely future consequences of climate change? How will the world respond to the challenges of climate change in the twenty-first century? How should people think about confronting the politics of climate change? In this highly accessible introduction to the predicted...

   Published March 29th 2011 by Routledge
6. The Politics of Biofuels, Land and Agrarian Change

   Edited by Saturnino Borras Jr., Philip McMichael, Ian Scoones

   Series: Critical Agrarian Studies

   This book addresses key questions on biofuels within agrarian political economy, political sociology and political ecology. Contributions are based on fresh empirical materials from different parts of the world. The book starts with four key questions in agrarian political economy: Who owns what?...

   Published March 23rd 2011 by Routledge
7. Rapid Climate Change

   Causes, Consequences, and Solutions

   By Scott G. McNall

   Series: Framing 21st Century Social Issues

   The book reviews the science of climate change and explains why it is one of the most difficult problems humanity has ever tackled. Climate change is a "wicked" problem bound up with problems of population growth, environmental degradation, and world problems of growing social and economic...

   Published January 28th 2011 by Routledge
8. Critical Perspectives in Rural Development Studies

   Edited by Saturnino Borras Jr.

   Series: Critical Agrarian Studies

   Agrarian transformations within and across countries have been significantly and dynamically altered during the past few decades compared to previous eras, provoking a variety of reactions from rural poor communities worldwide. The recent convergence of various crises – financial, food, energy and...

   Published July 6th 2010 by Routledge
9. Routledge Handbook of Climate Change and Society

   Edited by Constance Lever-Tracy

   Series: Routledge International Handbooks

   As the time-scales of natural change accelerate and converge with those of society, Routledge Handbook of Climate Change and Society takes the reader into largely uncharted territory in its exploration of anthropogenic climate change. Current material is used to highlight the global impact of this...

   Published July 1st 2010 by Routledge
10. The Tsunami of 2004 in Sri Lanka

    Impacts and Policy in the Shadow of Civil War

    Edited by Ragnhild Lund, Piers Blaikie

    This book is based on empirical research in Sri Lanka conducted after the catastrophic tsunami which hit the country in December 2004. The aims of the research have been to develop new knowledge on post-crisis reconstruction and recovery work, on how to bridge the knowledge gap between researchers...

    Published October 22nd 2009 by Routledge