William R. Freudenberg, a Life in Social Research

Maret S - San Jose State University, CA, USA

• The Sociological Imagination Personified: Reflections on the Life, Scholarly Contributions and Professional Accomplishments of William R. Freudenburg. Freudenburg and STARE at Wisconsin. Introduction: Gedenkschrift in Honor of William R. Freudenburg, A Life in Social Research. Learning to Think About a Mountain with Bill. Power in Coupled Natural and Human Systems: The Intellectual Legacy of William R. Freudenburg. The Double Diversion of National Energy in a Globalized Era: Offshore Oil, Coal, and Oil Sand Leases. “Double Diversion” and the Environmental Good: Framing a Disproportionate Solution to An Ecological Threat as a Problem for the Commons. Equity, Discourse, and Action: An Inflective Paradigm Linking Planning, Participation, and Natural Science. When Recreancy Becomes the Norm: Emergency Response Planning and The Case of Tar Sands Upgrading in the Alberta Industrial Heartland. “Peak Farmland”: Revealed Truth or Recreancy?. Freudenburg Beyond Borders: Recreancy, Atrophy of Vigilance, Bureaucratic Slippage, and the Tragedy of 9/11. Breaking News: Weapons of Mass Distraction Deployed to Fight Scientific Consensus on Climatic Changes. Power and Vulnerability: Contextualizing “Low Risk” Views of Environmental and Health Hazards. Temporal Myopia: A Case of Promising New Technologies, the Federal Government, and Inherent Conflicts of Interest. Development, Inequality, and Environmental Quality: An Analysis of Competing Hypotheses Using Local Areas in the United States. Toward a Better Understanding of Social Problems and Policy Making: Institutionalism of William R. Freudenburg. List of Contributors. Robbing Nature’s Bank: Preface. About the Authors. William R. Freudenburg, a Life in Social Research. William R. Freudenburg's Curriculum Vitae. Dedication. William R. Freudenburg, a Life in Social Research. Copyright page. Research in Social Problems and Public Policy.