Includes bibliographical references (p. [154]-179) and indexes.
Contents:
Environmental sociology as a field of inquiry -- Contemporary theoretical approaches to environmental sociology -- Environmental discourse -- Discourse, power relations and political ecology -- Social construction of environmental issues and problems -- Media and environmental communication -- Science, scientists and environmental problems -- Risk -- Biodiversity loss : the successful 'career' of a global environmental problem -- Towards an 'emergence' model of environment and society.
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