The Cambridge Handbook of Environmental Sociology: Volume 2

Overview of the cutting edge of research in environmental sociology, covering a broad range of theoretical approaches and empirical cases.

Katharine Legun (Edited by), Julie C. Keller (Edited by), Michael Carolan (Edited by), Michael M. Bell (Edited by)

9781108429337, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 3 December 2020

562 pages
25.9 x 18.4 x 3.3 cm, 1.16 kg

The Cambridge Handbook of Environmental Sociology is a go-to resource for cutting-edge research in the field. This two-volume work covers the rich theoretic foundations of the sub-discipline, as well as novel approaches and emerging areas of research that add vitality and momentum to the discipline. Over the course of sixty chapters, the authors featured in this work reach new levels of theoretical depth, incorporating a global scope and diversity of cases. This book explores the broad scope of crucial disciplinary ideas and areas of research, extending its investigation to the trajectories of thought that led to their unfolding. This unique work serves as an invaluable tool for all those working in the nexus of environment and society.

Part I. Methods
1. Re-compos(t)ing the Ghosts of Sociologies Past: Towards More Cosmoecological Sociologies Martha McMahon & Chelsea Power
2. On Discourse Intensive Approaches to Environmental Decision-Making: Applying Social Theory to Practice Steven E. Daniels & Gregg B. Walker
3. Community-Based Research Randy Stoecker
4. Using Geographic Data in Environmental Sociology Rachel A. Rosenfeld & Katherine J. Curtis
Part II. Embodied Environmental Sociology
5. Strangers on the Land? Rural LGBTQs and Queer Sustainabilities Julie Keller
6. Masculinity and Environment Kathryn Gregory Anderson
7. Toxicity, Health, and Environment Jennifer S. Carrera & Phil Brown
8. The Environment's Absence in Medicine: Mainstream Medical Coverage of Leukemia Manuel Vallée
Part III: Beyond the Human. 9. Interventions offered by Actor-Network Theory, Assemblage Theory, and New Materialisms for Environmental Sociology Katharine Legun & Abbi Virens
10. Plants and Philosophy, Plants or Philosophy Michael Marder
11. Animals and Society: An Island in Japan Margo DeMello
Part IV. Sustainability and Climate Change
12: Possibilities and Politics in Imagining Degrowth Valerie Fournier
13. Accidental Environmentalists: Examining the Effect of Pro-Environmental Behavior on Social Status Emily Huddart Kennedy
14. Sustainability Cultures: Exploring the Relationships Between Cultural Attributes and Sustainability Outcomes Janet Stephenson
15. Socio-Ecological Sustainability and New Forms of Governance: Community Forestry and Citizen Involvement with Trees, Woods, and Forests Bianca Ambrose-Oji
16. Carbon Markets and International Environmental Governance John Chung-En & Mark H. Cooper
17. The Multi-Level Governance Challenge of Climate Change in Brazil Leila da Costa Ferreira
Part V. Resources
18. Enclosing Water: Privatization, Commodification, and Access Daniel Jaffee
19. Speech is Silver, Silence is Gold in the Fracking Zone Debra J. Davidson
20. Environmental Sociology and the Genomic Revolution Valerie Berseth & Ralph Matthews
21. The Future is Co-Managed: Promises and Problems of Collaborative Governance of Natural Resources Nathan Young
Part VI: Food and Agriculture
22. Future and Food: New Technologies, Old Political Debates Michael Carolan
23. Eating Our Way to a Sustainable Future? Josée Johnston & Anelyse M. Weiler
24. Neoliberal Globalization and Beyond: Food, Farming and the Environment Geoffrey Lawrence & Kiah Smith
25. The Sociology of Environmental Morality: Examples from Agri-Food Paul V. Stock
Part VII: Social Movements
26. Alternative Technologies and Emancipatory Environmental Practice Chelsea Schelly
27. The Global Fair Trade Movement: For Whom, By Whom, How, and What Next Elizabeth A. Bennett
28. Possibilities for Degrowth: A Radical Alternative to the Neoliberal Restructuring of Growth-Societies Barbara Muraca
29. Achieving Environmental Justice: Lessons from the Global South Pearly Wong
30. Conclusion: Envisioning Futures with Environmental Sociology.

Subject Areas: Social impact of environmental issues [RNT], Sociology [JHB]