Includes bibliographical references (pages 192-199) and index.
Introduction: studying environmental issues sociologically -- Social movement theory and the character of environmental social movements -- Shell, a sure target for global environmental campaigning? -- How environmental problems come to be 'global' : sociological perspectives on the globalisation of the environment -- Bog standards : contesting conservation value at a public inquiry -- Independence and impartiality in legal defences of the environment -- Modelling the environment : participation, trust, and legitimacy in urban air-quality models -- Green ambivalence about science -- Mad about the buoy : trust and method in the Brent Spar controversy -- Genetically modified organisms and the unbearable irresolution of testing -- The value of environmental sociology : towards a sociology of the sustainable society.
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As environmental issues increasingly impinge on society, sociologists have turned their attention to nature and the environment. As a result, this book concentrates on empirical studies in environmental sociology.