Environment and Society: A Critical Introduction, 2e & Can Science Fix Climate Change? Set (Critical Introductions to Geography)

Science & Math

Robbins, Paul

Hintz, John G.

Moore, Sarah A.

Hulme, Mike

Earth Sciences

wiley

A comprehensive yet accessible introduction to the&nbsp;conceptual&nbsp;tools&nbsp;used to explore real-world environmental problems&nbsp; Environment and Society: A Critical Introduction, Third Edition&nbsp;demonstrates how theoretical approaches&nbsp;such as environmental ethics, political economy,&nbsp;and&nbsp;social construction&nbsp;work as&nbsp;conceptual&nbsp;tools to&nbsp;identify and&nbsp;clarify&nbsp;contemporary environmental&nbsp;issues.&nbsp;Assuming no background knowledge in the subject, this&nbsp;reader-friendly&nbsp;textbook uses clear language and engaging examples&nbsp;to&nbsp;first&nbsp;describe&nbsp;nine key&nbsp;conceptual tools, and then&nbsp;apply&nbsp;them to a variety of familiar objects--from&nbsp;bottled water and French&nbsp;fries&nbsp;to&nbsp;trees,&nbsp;wolves,&nbsp;and carbon dioxide.&nbsp;Throughout the text,&nbsp;highly accessible&nbsp;chapters provide insight into&nbsp;the relationship between the environment and present-day society.&nbsp; Divided into&nbsp;two parts, the&nbsp;text&nbsp;begins by explaining&nbsp;major&nbsp;theoretical&nbsp;approaches&nbsp;for&nbsp;interpreting the environment-society relationship&nbsp;and&nbsp;discussing&nbsp;different perspectives about environmental problems. Part II examines a series of objects, each viewed through&nbsp;a sample of&nbsp;the&nbsp;theoretical&nbsp;tools&nbsp;from Part I, helping readers think critically about&nbsp;critical environmental&nbsp;topics such as deforestation,&nbsp;climate change, the global water supply,&nbsp;and&nbsp;hazardous&nbsp;e-waste.&nbsp;This&nbsp;fully revised third edition stresses a wider range of competing ways of thinking about environmental issues&nbsp;and features additional&nbsp;cases studies, up-to-date&nbsp;conceptual understandings, and&nbsp;new chapters in Part&nbsp;I&nbsp;on&nbsp;racializd&nbsp;environments&nbsp;and feminist approaches.&nbsp;Environment and Society: A Critical Introduction, Third Edition:&nbsp; <ul> <li>Covers&nbsp;theoretical lenses&nbsp;such as&nbsp;commodities, environmental ethics,&nbsp;and&nbsp;risks and hazards,&nbsp;and applies them to&nbsp;touchstone environment-society&nbsp;objects like&nbsp;wolves, tuna,&nbsp;trees, and carbon dioxide&nbsp;&nbsp;</li> <li>Uses&nbsp;a&nbsp;conversational narrative to explain&nbsp;key historical&nbsp;events,&nbsp;topical issues and policies,&nbsp;and&nbsp;scientific concepts&nbsp;</li> <li>Features&nbsp;substantial revisions and updates, including new chapters on feminism&nbsp;and race,&nbsp;and&nbsp;improved maps and illustrations&nbsp;</li> <li>Includes a wealth of in-book and online resources, including exercises&nbsp;and&nbsp;boxed discussions,&nbsp;chapter summaries, review questions, references, suggested readings,&nbsp;an online test bank, and internet links&nbsp;</li> <li>Provides&nbsp;additional&nbsp;instructor&nbsp;support such as&nbsp;suggested teaching models,&nbsp;full-color&nbsp;PowerPoint slides, and supplementary teaching material&nbsp;</li> </ul> Retaining the&nbsp;innovative approach&nbsp;of its predecessors,&nbsp;Environment and Society: A Critical Introduction, Third Edition&nbsp;remains the ideal textbook for courses in&nbsp;environmental issues, environmental science,&nbsp;and&nbsp;nature&nbsp;and&nbsp;society theory.&nbsp;

Environment and Society: A Critical Introduction (Critical Introductions to Geography)

Business & Money

Economics

Wiley/Blackwell

Environment and Society: A Critical Introduction

Environment and Society: A Critical Introduction is an overview of the diverse conceptual tools and traditions for thinking about, explaining and addressing the environmental challenges we face in the contemporary world. <ul>
<li>Provides an introduction to the environmental challenges we face in the contemporary world through foundational theoretical ideas illustrated with concrete, everyday examples</li> <li>Utilizes compelling, conversational language to expound on theory, history, and scientific topics, making the text accessible to a diverse readership</li> <li>Draws upon contemporary theoretical understandings in nature/society theory while demonstrating through practice and deployment</li> <li>Includes discussion of key historical events, topical issues, and policies, as well as scientific concepts</li> </ul>

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