Inequality, Democracy, and the Environment
Liam Downey
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Description for Inequality, Democracy, and the Environment
Hardcover. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 640.
Winner, American Sociological Association Section on Environment and Technology Allan Schnaiberg Outstanding Publication Award The world currently faces several severe social and environmental crises, including economic under-development, widespread poverty and hunger, lack of safe drinking water for one-sixth of the world's population, deforestation, rapidly increasing levels of pollution and waste, dramatic declines in soil fertility and biodiversity, and global warming. Inequality, Democracy, and the Environment sheds light on the structural causes of these and other social and environmental crises, highlighting in particular the key role that elite-controlled organizations, institutions, and networks play in creating these crises. ... Read more
Winner, American Sociological Association Section on Environment and Technology Allan Schnaiberg Outstanding Publication Award The world currently faces several severe social and environmental crises, including economic under-development, widespread poverty and hunger, lack of safe drinking water for one-sixth of the world's population, deforestation, rapidly increasing levels of pollution and waste, dramatic declines in soil fertility and biodiversity, and global warming. Inequality, Democracy, and the Environment sheds light on the structural causes of these and other social and environmental crises, highlighting in particular the key role that elite-controlled organizations, institutions, and networks play in creating these crises. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
NYU Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781479850723
SKU
V9781479850723
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99-1
About Liam Downey
Liam Downey is Associate Professor of Sociology and Faculty Associate for Environmental Studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Reviews for Inequality, Democracy, and the Environment
Downey presents important perspectives about inequality, militarism, and democracy. This important addition to the environment sociology literature should promote serious consideration of the macrostructuralist approach to social problems in general.-CHOICE It is very well written. More importantly, it illuminates the centrality of elite-controlled mechanisms. -Political Science Quarterly