It has long been claimed that a better understanding of human or social dimensions of
environmental issues will improve conservation. The social sciences are one important …

Environmental problems have contributed to numerous collapses of civilizations in the past.
Now, for the first time, a global collapse appears likely. Overpopulation, overconsumption by …

This article seeks to analyze the impact of technological innovations, financial development,
renewable energy consumption, economic growth, and population on the ecological …

The first book of its kind, Sociology and the New Materialism explores the many and varied
applications of “new materialism,” a key emerging trend in 21st century thought, to the …

This essay, in two parts, argues for the centrality of historical thinking in coming to grips with
capitalism's planetary crises of the twenty-first century. Against the Anthropocene's shallow …

Humanity in the twenty-first century is facing what might be described as its ultimate
environmental catastrophe: the destruction of the climate that has nurtured human …

This article explores the implications of the shift of environmental education (EE) towards
education for sustainable development (ESD) in the context of environmental ethics. While …

Designing Social Research is a uniquely comprehensive and student-friendly guide to the
core knowledge and types of skills required for planning social research. The authors …

Although sense of place definitions nominally include the physical environment, much
research has emphasized the social construction of sense of place and neglect the …

This article addresses a paradox: on the one hand, environmental sociology, as currently
developed, is closely associated with the thesis that the classical sociological tradition is …