Environmental Sociology: European Perspectives and Interdisciplinary Challenges

Groß, Matthias; Heinrichs, Harald

Despite being a relatively young sub-discipline, European environmental sociology has changed considerably in the last decades towards more interdisciplinary collaborations and problem solving. Current trends such as global environmental modernization and processes of economic, political and socio-cultural globalization, fuelled by developments of transport, environmental flows, scientific uncertainty, and information technologies, have fostered new conceptual approaches that move beyond classical sociological mind-sets toward broader attempts to connect to other disciplines.

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Published by: Springer

Publication Date: 2010-05-21

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9789048187294

DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-8730-0

Dimensions: 235cm x155cm

Pages: 361