by Brian Wynne (Author), Bronislaw Szerszynski (Author), Brian Wynne (Author), Scott Lash (Author), Bronislaw Szerszynski (Author)
This wide-ranging and accessible contribution to the study of risk, ecology and environment helps us to understand the politics of ecology and the place of social theory in making sense of environmental issues. The book provides insights into the complex dynamics of change in `risk societies'.
Format: Illustrated
Pages: 308
Edition: 1
Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
Published: 31 Jan 1996
ISBN 10: 080397938X
ISBN 13: 9780803979383
`This book offers a set of interesting and thought-provoking essays discussing the complex relationship between modernity, environmentalism and the emergence of a risk society... It offers a wide review of relevant literature and is up to date with recent developments in its related fields. Moreover, it has a clear structure and chapters follow `naturally' so that the reader can follow the thread of the arguments presented' - Sociological Research Online
`This book provides a welcome addition to the literature on environment and modernity by collecting papers from key contributors to the debates together in one volume. The wide-ranging subject matter of the papers in the collection should mean that it appeals to an audience beyond those specifically interested in environmental sociology. In this it represents an important move towards establishing discussion of the environment as central to contemporary sociology, rather than being confined to a marginal field of the discipline' - British Journal of Sociology