Taylor and Francis Routledge International Handbook of Social and Environmental

"This is a benchmark study, timely and up-to-date, which examines social and environmental change and the connections between them. It explores global changes while focusing on specific cases and the complexities of research at different levels. The Editors are to be congratulated for bringing together such a thoughtful, comprehensive and incisive volume."—Michael Redclift, Emeritus Professor of International Environmental Policy, King's College, London "This handbook offers a tour through critical questions and arguments being raised by scholars related to environmental, social, and natural interactions at the global, national, and urban levels. It will be a very useful reference for those interested in obtaining an overview of theoretical developments in the study of eco-sociological transformations and international examples of societal and political responses to various environmental risks, uncertainties, and inequalities."—Miranda A. Schreurs, Professor and Director, Environmental Policy Research Centre, Freie Universität Berlin "This systematic collection of contributions offers a highly informative and sophisticated overview of the state of the art for the rapidly expanding literature on the social scientific turn in ecological issues – for beginners as well as for those doing advanced research in these fields."—Ulrich Beck, Professor of Sociology, University of Munich ...