Twenty Lessons in Environmental Sociology

Kenneth A. Gould is Professor of Sociology at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, and Professor of Sociology, and Earth and Environmental Sciences at the CUNY Graduate Center. Tammy L. Lewis is Professor of Sociology at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, and Professor of Sociology, and Earth and Environmental Sciences at the CUNY Graduate Center.Gould and Lewis are coauthors of Ten Lessons in Introductory Sociology, Second Edition (OUP, 2017) and Thirty Readings in Introductory Sociology, Second Edition (OUP, 2016).

• Annotated Table of Contents Acknowledgments About the Contributors An Introduction to Environmental Sociology, Kenneth A. Gould and Tammy L. LewisPart 1. TheoryLesson 1: The Social Construction of Nature: Of Computers, Butterflies, Dogs, and Trucks, Stella M. CapekLesson 2: Theories in Environmental Sociology, Justin MyersPart 2. Systemic Causes of Environmental DisruptionLesson 3: The State and Policy: Imperialism, Exclusion, and Ecological Violence as State Policy, David Naguib PellowLesson 4: Labor Productivity and the Environment, Allan Schnaiberg and Kenneth A. GouldLesson 5: Corporate Power: The Role of the Global Media in Shaping What We Know About the Environment, Elizabeth H. CampbellLesson 6: The Science of Nature and the Nature of Science, Richard YorkLesson 7: Technological Change and the Environment, Kenneth A. GouldLesson 8: Population, Demography, and the Environment, Diane C. BatesLesson 9: Energy, Society, and the Environment, Shannon Elizabeth BellPart 3. Some Social Consequences of Environmental DisruptionLesson 10: Environmental Inequality and Environmental Justice, Michael MascarenhasLesson 11: The Sociology of Environmental Health, Norah MackendrickLesson 12: Producing and Consuming Food: Justice and Sustainability in a Globalized World?, Jason Konefal and Maki HatanakaLesson 13: From Farms to Factories: The Social and Environmental Consequences of Industrial Swine Production in North Carolina, Adam Driscoll and Bob EdwardsLesson 14: Understanding Disaster Vulnerability: Floods and Hurricanes, Nicole YoungmanLesson 15: The Sociology of Climate Change, Laura McKinneyPart 4. Some Social Responses to Environmental DisruptionLesson 16: Normalizing the Unthinkable: Climate Denial and Everyday Life, Kari Marie NorgaardLesson 17: Labor and the Environment, Brian K. ObachLesson 18: Environmental Social Movements, Jill Lindsey HarrisonLesson 19: Environmental Movements in the Global South, Tammy L. LewisLesson 20: The Paradoxes of Sustainable Development: Focus on Ecotourism, Kenneth A. Gould and Tammy L. LewisConclusion: Unanswered Questions and the Future of Environmental Sociology, Kenneth A. Gould and Tammy L. LewisIndex/Glossary