Nature, society and environmental crisis / edited by Bob Carter and Nickie Charles.

This book demonstrates how sociology has an important part to play both in understanding and shaping how human societies respond to the threat of ecological catastrophe. Investigates the growing urgency of environmental crises and the remarkable increase in knowledge of genomics.

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Corporate Author: British Sociological Association. Conference
Other Authors: Carter, Bob, 1948-, Charles, Nickie
Language:English
Published: [Malden, Mass.] : Wiley-Blackwell/Sociological Review, 2010.
Series:Sociological review monograph.
Subjects:
Nature > Social aspects > Congresses.
Social ecology > Congresses.
Sociology > Environmental aspects > Congresses.
Genre:
Congresses.
Physical Description:246 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Format: Book
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Summary:
This book demonstrates how sociology has an important part to play both in understanding and shaping how human societies respond to the threat of ecological catastrophe. Investigates the growing urgency of environmental crises and the remarkable increase in knowledge of genomics.
Note:"Many of the chapters in the present volume were first presented at the 2008 BSA Annual Conference 'Social Worlds, Natural Worlds' held at the University of Warwick."--Acknowledgments.
Call Number:HM856 .N38 2010
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:1405193336 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781405193337 (pbk. : alk. paper)