Environmental Sociology - Science topic

Albeit August Comte, way back in the later part of 19 th century, conducted an array if heuristics, in Social physics in his path breaking work on Positive Philosophy, not much of progress has been there in this genre of research in India. The interchange ability of physics and social science has recently been drawn with the realms of social networ...

Nas últimas décadas a questão ambiental adentrou na agenda de pesquisa das ciências sociais em todo o mundo. Esse processo não poderia deixar ilesa a própria sociologia que, ao longo desse período, viu nascer a sociologia ambiental como novo campo de pesquisa. Diante desse cenário e com o intuito de ampliar o debate sobre as questões ambientais no...

In the context of accelerated urbanization and ageing in China, the inefficient use of land resources and ecological space extrusion pose significant challenges to the development of age-friendly cities. Existing studies predominantly adopt a single-disciplinary perspective, and there is a paucity of systematic exploration of regional heterogeneity...

Eco-justice offers a vital framework for examining the intersection of environmental degradation, Indigenous rights, and environmental sociology. Indigenous communities worldwide continue to bear the disproportionate impacts of deforestation, mining, and pollution-harms that not only threaten their physical well-being but also sever deep-rooted cul...

Numerous human daily activities required the water resources as the fundamental natural resources. Hence, the appropriate and efficient sustainable approaches should be analyzed to reach sustainable water resource management targets. Therefore, this Paper introduced the overall status quo of freshwater resources, then focused on identifying water r...

Research examining the environmental impacts of war has neglected the relevance of sound. Scholarship addressing war and sound, moreover, has paid strikingly little attention to the sounds of more-than-human worlds (animals, rivers, forests, etc.). It has also thus overlooked the many studies, particularly within the field of ecology and related di...

This research paper explores the complicated interrelation in a uranium mining event and the sociocultural setup of India's indigenous communities, accentuating concepts pertaining to cultural landscape and sacred geography. Consistent with being heralded as a pillar of national energy security, uranium mining is nevertheless done in tribal areas o...

Against the backdrop of global climate change and rapid urbanisation, carbon-neutral urban governance and sustainable urban development have become core issues of concern to the international community. As the world’s largest carbon emitter, Chinese cities shoulder the significant responsibility of achieving the “dual-carbon” goal. This study utili...

Emerging changes in technological and other spheres resulting in democratization of the mass media have dwindled linearity in communication and previous addiction to the traditional media. This shift has generated multiple changes and renegotiations of media contents and their effects on the audience. Other environmental constructs, including diver...

This study aims to analyze sasi pala as a form of social ecology that contributes to preserving natural resources while strengthening community resilience. Sasi pala, a customary practice in Maluku, regulates nutmeg harvesting to ensure sustainability, maintain ecological balance, and reinforce social cohesion within the community. This research em...

La crisis del agua constituye una de las principales preocupaciones del conjunto de crisis abiertas por el modelo económico vigente. La escasez de agua, provocada por el calentamiento, la contaminación y la demanda para distintos usos económicos, afecta en todo el planeta y tiene consecuencias encadenadas, perjudica a la salud, repercute sobre las...

The Russian invasion of Ukraine is a cruel reminder of how authoritarianism adds fuel to the fire of global warming. In this paper, I discuss how democracies vulnerable to authoritarian regimes can address the twin challenges of the climate emergency and ensure the protection of their sovereignty. On one hand, the military is called on to rescue ci...

Objective: The objective of this study is to present to the field of Climate and Human Sciences some of the meanings, scope and consequences of the phenomenon of Environmental Migration in Latin America and the Caribbean. Theoretical Framework: This is an interpretative and comprehensive approach to philosophical hermeneutics, specifically drawn fr...

Building on scholarship in global political economy, historical sociology, and environmental sociology, as well as emerging streams of research on militarization and climate change, we theorize about and successively investigate the short-run and long-run effects of two far-reaching characteristics of militarization on nations’ carbon emissions and...

Power has been understood from a wide variety of theoretical perspectives. Is it an agentic force exercised within interaction; the cultural background which shapes our behaviors and subjectivity; or vested in the hierarchical, structural arrangement of roles or identities? Synthesizing the voluminous theorizing on power, this paper attempts to mov...

China has made significant progress in environmental protection. As the country advances towards modernizing its environmental governance, environmental sociology plays an increasingly crucial role. This study employs a bibliometric analysis of 3867 publications from the Web of Science Core Collection (1972–2023) and CNKI (1990–2023) to reveal the...

Gender and willingness to pay for environmental protection (WTP) have long been pivotal topics in environmental sociology. However, studies investigating the impact of gender on WTP have reported divergent findings between China and Western countries. To address this discrepancy, we introduce gender equality awareness as a mediating concept to expl...

La educación ambiental es una herramienta esencial para fomentar prácticas sostenibles. El objetivo de este artículo es, analizar estrategias de educación ambiental para promover la gestión de los recursos ambientales mediante la sensibilización, capacitación y participación ciudadana, con el fin de elevar la responsabilidad socio -ambiental en los...

The global growth of solar power has led to a significant increase in solar photovoltaics (PV) waste, which is expected to rise significantly in the coming years. The recommended end-of-life (EOL) management techniques for wasted PV panels include landfill disposal, recycling, or panel reuse. However, a comprehensive decision-making strategy is nec...

Environmental Sociology encompasses two major aspects namely, Environment and Sociology. Environment refers to the physical surroundings of a human. Sociology refers to the study of people. Thus, environmental sociology refers to the ways how the behaviour of humans affects the environment. Currently, the environment requires a lot of change. On th...

The global environmental crisis intensifies social, economic, and political challenges, highlighting the urgent need for transformative action to protect the planet and promote equity, particularly for marginalized communities disproportionately affected by ecological damage (Hackmann & Moser, 2013; Adams, 2016). Traditional sustainability strategi...

In this age of fast technological development and globalisation, people all around the globe are facing complicated social problems that need new ways of thinking about things. This study of contemporary social issues covers a broad range of themes, including economic disparity, ethical concerns, policy implications, and the impact of literature an...

A relatively new field, the criminology of disasters tends to focus on crime that takes place in the aftermath of a disaster. Yet, the post‐disaster context is far more complex, with overlapping legalities and legacies. This review article unveils the multi‐faceted process of identifying victim of natural disaster intertwining scientific expertise...

This paper explores how companies use social networks to alter the relationship between individuals and the environment, focusing on plastic waste pollution. Environmental issues like plastic pollution have become significant disruptions, prompting stakeholders globally to mitigate their impact through Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Previous...

Uttarakhand, a Himalayan state in India, is experiencing an escalating environmental crisis driven by climate change, deforestation, hydropower projects, unregulated tourism, and rapid urbanization. This research examines these crises through a sociological and ecological lens, analyzing their impact on marginalized communities, biodiversity, and s...

Mankind is facing great challenges because there are justified concerns that its relationship with nature is not sustainable. However, societies, milieus and fields of action differ considerably in their interactions with the so-called environment. What the ecological crisis means from a sociological perspective and what role environmental attitude...

O artigo apresenta uma contraposição crítica de duas interpretações sobre as reflexões marxianas acerca da natureza nos anos 1960, feitas por György Lukács e Alfred Schmidt. Argumenta que as posições de Schmidt sobre a natureza incorrem, em última instância, em um construtivismo literal que, a perspectiva ontológica de Lukács foi capaz de evitar. P...

The essay examines the relationship between sociology and environmental sustainability, highlighting the historical and theoretical roots of the concept of environmental sustainability. It traces the evolution of sociological thought on the environment, from the Enlightenment to contemporary debates, emphasizing the concept of the relationship betw...

This paper reexamines climate justice through the framework of environmental sociology, offering fresh perspectives on the intersection of social and ecological systems in the face of escalating global climate crises. It emphasizes that inequality lies at the heart of global climate politics, often obstructing pathways toward achieving a true clima...

Environmental and social policy measures can both complement and contradict each other. Recent environmental sociology literature suggests that this dual relationship can give rise to eco‐social divides in European societies, as some people either endorse or reject both types of measures, while some support one set of policies but not the other. In...

Thanks to the recent and newly specialized sub fields of sociology that deals with the relationship between human and nature called environmental sociology, we sociologists always portrayed our concern towards any social problems negatively affected the wellbeing of entire human society. As the historical social problems and changes forced sociolog...

Comment la dégradation de l'environnement transforme-t-elle les individus, les collectifs, les États ? Comment ceux-ci problématisent-ils les réponses à y apporter ? Selon quels liens avec la science et l'expertise ? Quelles sont les grandes caractéristiques de l'institutionnalisation de l'environnement ? Comment se mobilise-t-on pour le défendre ?...

This article examines the rehabilitation of the Mount Budheg forest in Tanggung Village between 2006 and 2015. The research aims to trace the history of forest degradation, explore the rehabilitation efforts, and assess the social and environmental impacts on the local community. Using an environmental sociology framework and David B. Tindall’s soc...

Environmental social scientists have demonstrated that one path to caring for nature is spending time appreciating it. This paper asks why spending time in nature leads to this care and proposes connections between knowledge and emotion and the extension of the self as a mechanism for this link. It develops a general theory of care based on these c...

Chapter 6: "Counter-Hegemonic Resources" explores the necessity of counter-hegemonic perspectives in challenging the wilderness-cherishing bias inherent in the case study assessment. Without these resources to address its potentially dual epistemological sources of authority, intellectual and communicative closure can occur, leading to a sense that...

Background Firefighter safety is a top priority in wildland fire response and management. Existing explanations emphasise how land management agency initiatives to change organisational culture, usually inspired by fatality incidents, contribute to changes both in formal safety policies and informal safety practices. Aims This paper identifies ext...

The concept of sustainable consumption and production (SCP) is one of the key components of sustainable development with the aim of ensuring balanced development in environmental, economic and social dimensions. SCP aims to promote economic growth and social welfare while aiming to minimize waste generation and the efficient use of natural resource...

В статье на основе 50 автоинтервью экологических активистов изучены биографические траектории формирования экологической идентичности, когнитивные и контекстуальные триггеры стремления к проэкологическому поведению. В качестве теоретических фреймов мы использовали теории экологической идентичности, подходы к изучению устойчивого поведения, биографи...

Sérgio Tavolaro é professor do Departamento de Sociologia e do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Sociologia da Universidade de Brasília (UnB). Possui graduação em ciências sociais, mestrado em sociologia pela Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp) e doutorado em sociologia pela New School for Social Research (Nova York, EUA). Entre 2019 e 2020, foi...

This paper reexamines climate justice through the framework of environmental sociology, offering fresh perspectives on the intersection of social and ecological systems in the face of escalating global climate crises. It emphasizes that inequality lies at the heart of global climate politics, often obstructing pathways toward achieving true climate...

This edited volume explores the crucial intersections between Indigenous Land-Based Knowledge (ILK), sustainability, settler colonialism, and the ongoing environmental crisis. Contributors from cross-cultural communities, including Indigenous, settlers, immigrants, and refugee communities, discuss why ILK and practice hold great potential for tack...

Este trabalho pretende retratar um projeto de extensão, denominado “Oficinas de Agroecologia e Sociologia Ambiental”, realizado em 2023. O projeto foi construído na articulação entre a Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR) e o Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra (MST), reunindo um conjunto de práticas de ensino, através do debate sobre jus...

This article explores how a re-interpretation of the socio-technical, socio-ecological and transition design approaches to transition from the point of view of Niklas Luhmann’s general systems theory of society. The need to understand and promote changes that include a technological and ecological dimension has led to different approaches, such as...

La creciente preocupación por la contaminación generada por los plásticos derivados del petróleo representa uno de los desafíos ambientales más apremiantes a nivel global en la actualidad. El uso generalizado de plásticos en una amplia gama de productos, combinado con una gestión inadecuada de los residuos, ha dado lugar a una acumulación masiva de...

Compreendendo a situação global do clima, faz-se necessário o debate acerca do tema da justiça climática. A reflexão produzida pelos povos que sofreram com o colonialismo/países em desenvolvimento é crucial, uma vez que sua relação com os impactos ambientais e mudanças climáticas, de maneira geral, difere dos países desenvolvidos que muito se benef...

Objective: This study aims to explore the intersection of gendered resilience, Islamic legal maxims, and pandemic responses within the context of Indonesia's environmental and societal challenges. It seeks to understand how Islamic jurisprudence and gender dynamics can shape effective responses to crises, particularly in a nation grappling with div...

A crise climática enfrentada atualmente pela humanidade vem sendo considerada sem precedentes na história da civilização. Especialistas de distintas disciplinas, solicitados a trabalhar conjuntamente em busca de se evitar o colapso, encontram respaldo nas Ciências dos Sistema Terrestres (CST). O artigo objetiva discutir alguns aspectos do problema...

Past opportunities for developing an environmental sociology were passed up. Now the need is both intellectually and politically urgent to move forward.

This special issue aims to display the breadth and depth of qualitative studies of the environment. In terms of breadth, the work here demonstrates that sociology should have a capacious definition of the environment and treat it with the same scrutiny as other folk concepts. Doing so—with the caveat that individual studies need to carefully operat...

Among environmental sociologists, ecological Marxists argue that there is an association between capitalism and ecological destruction/disorganization. This argument suggests that capitalism and nature are in contradiction with one another, so that the expansion of capitalism necessarily results in the destruction of nature. Green criminologists ex...

The traditional character of higher education in the US is under assault. The broad, intellectual focus on the liberal arts and its concomitant values of academic freedom and academic governance are giving way to an over‐managed vocational institution that prioritizes ambience over integrity and credentialism over citizenship. In this milieu, socio...

Resumo: O caso do desastre socioambiental de Mariana ou do Rio Doce é considerado como tragédia renomada pela complexidade e magnitude dos danos, pelo arcabouço institucional engendrado e pela capacidade das empresas em negligenciar medidas efetivas e amplas para compensar e reparar os danos provocados à população afetada. As reflexões empreendidas...

O artigo objetiva refletir sobre como os pressupostos da sociologia ambiental, sobretudo o debate entre as correntes do construcionismo social e do realismo, acerca dos problemas ambientais pode auxiliar na análise de como a política e projetos de saneamento básico são elaborados, bem como busca auxiliar em uma reorientação da política a partir da...

Niniejszy artykuł przedstawia analizę porównawczą dwu socjologicznych subdyscyplin: socjologii moralności i socjologii środowiska. Autor wskazuje na genealogiczne, przedmiotowe oraz metodologiczne różnice i podobieństwa, by stwierdzić pokrewieństwo socjologii środowiska i socjologii moralności, które można dostrzec pomimo różnego wieku i stopnia zi...

This article investigates features of climate discourse in Russia, which is developing along with the increasing global risks of climate change. The participants of the discourse are scientists, officials, entrepreneurs, and representatives of other social groups, who are balanced between two extreme forms of climate consciousness—climate skepticis...

No contexto da Conferência de Estocolmo de 1972, começa um movimento nas ciências humanas — que leva à fundação da sociologia ambiental — de produção de pesquisas relativas à problemática ambiental na sociedade contemporânea, cuja preocupação está centrada na globalização dos efeitos socioambientais e a produção de riscos típicos dessa sociedade. N...

The fossil fuel industry has a long history of spreading disinformation about climate change science and obstructing mitigating policies. During the 2010s and 2020s, these vested interests have found a political ally in parts of the European far-right. This study explores how this has taken shape in Sweden, a country where there has been a politica...

Environmental Sociology is one of the major branches of Sociology to explore the relationship between natural resources, development policy, and community livelihood in Bangladesh. More specifically, water development perspective performs a major role in natural resource management and its significance on sustainable development in terms of environ...

In our urgent pursuit of environmental sustainability, understanding the intricate interplay between language and ecological awareness is paramount. This paper explores how linguistic frameworks shape perceptions and behaviors towards ecological issues. Synthesizing theoretical frameworks from ecological psychology, linguistics, and environmental s...

Reflexivity and its counterpart— anti-reflexivity— are key concepts in environmental sociology. Reflexivity and similar concepts are presented as means for taking constructive steps towards sustainability in face of the often wicked nature (complex, uncertain, dynamic, value-laden, dilemmatic, ambivalent) of socio-ecological problems and risks. Ant...

The theory of reflexive modernization asserts that society has entered a new and radicalized form of modernity, in which the original institutions and social boundaries that characterise modern society are dissolving. One of the most prominent thinkers on this theory is Ulrich Beck, who in his book Risk Society claims that we are witnessing a socia...

his entry reviews the concept of transformative learning. Transformative learning theory stresses a learning perspective for situations when actors in (self-)critical ways recognize and reassess basic assumptions and expectations that steer their thinking, feeling, and acting. The theory relies on the humanistic assumption that people have, via del...

Environmental Sociology and Social Transformation demonstrates how sociological theory and research are critical for understanding the social drivers of global environmental destruction and the conditions for transformative change. Written by two professors of sociology who are deeply involved in the international community of environmental socio...

This article provides a historical perspective on the development of environmental sociology in Sweden over the last three decades. It discusses changes in environmental issues and environmental research and how this has led to the paradoxical situation that environmental sociology has become more in demand but at the same time more invisible. This...

This research paper explores the relocation of indigenous tribes and its socio-ecological implications, with a focus on the environmental concerns arising from such displacement. Indigenous communities worldwide often face forced relocation due to various factors, including land exploitation, development projects, and environmental degradation. Dra...

This research paper delves into the environmental themes present in Rumaan Alam’s novel Leave the World Behind. While primarily focused on societal collapse and interpersonal dynamics, the novel subtly addresses various ecological concerns, including nature’s indifference, ecological imbalance, escape to nature, and human impact on the environment....

The use of #digitalpowerups is a technique that involves associating keywords with prompts in online discussion forums, which enables students to have more choice and voice. These powerups not only help structure responses but also enrich discussions and develop academic skills necessary for online assignments. The approach leverages the social med...

We theoretically explore the interrelations between population (P), affluence (A) and technology (T) for various environmental impacts (I) using IPAT-type modelling. To illustrate the differences across environmental dimensions, climate and land use impacts are modelled. We use middle-of-the-road projections for population and per capita income and...

Este texto explora caminhos para arqueologias do racismo à brasileira a partir de um olhar microhistórico. Propõe uma arqueologia negra que é letramento racial e que amarra sociologia ambiental, antropologia e história sociais à ginga arqueológica sob perspectivas ancestrais. Analisa as práticas materiais que deram base aos constrangimentos estrutu...

The concept of rural development is built of two sub-concepts; i.e. rural and development. So it is natural to define the sub-concepts separately in order to understand the inner core of the subject. Development generally means the improvement of people’s education, incomes, skills development and employment. Development should be viewed as a mult...

Almost three decades have passed since the publishing of the last, and only, special issue on the sociology-environmental nexus in this journal. Since then, few of the articles published in Sociologisk Forskning have addressed climate change at all or in any substantial way. This silence could be interpreted as a quiet statement that sociology does...

This study investigates the role of marginalized women of the Jogi and Bagri communities in environmental activism. Amid environmental challenges, this study tries to comprehend the contributions and effects of marginalized women belonging to the Jogi and Bagri communities that are frequently overlooked in dominant environmental discourses in Sindh...

Henri Lefebvre, sociólogo marxista francês, foi um dos principais teóricos sociais do século XX, famoso por suas críticas à vida cotidiana, à revolução urbana e à produção do espaço. Nesse artigo, argumentamos que seus trabalhos mais maduros abrangeram também uma teoria da crise ecológica, baseando-se diretamente na teoria da ruptura metabólica de...

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 'One Health approach' has ambivalently become a key policy instrument for dealing with global health risks, which raises some key questions. What problems does the One Health approach really address? And what is problematic about One Health? This article traces the development of the One health concept and...

Dans les années 1970, la communauté scientifique a commencé à mettre en évidence les processus d’effondrement de la biodiversité, tous groupes vivants confondus à l’échelle du globe. Les travaux de recherches effectués depuis montrent une situation de plus en plus préoccupante. La nécessité d’une gouvernance de la biodiversité s’est ainsi imposée s...

Dieses Open-Access-Buch beschäftigt sich mit Umweltproblemen, die selbst im Kontext der heutigen globalen ökologischen Krise weitgehend gesellschaftlich unsichtbar bleiben, da sie ihre oftmals schwerwiegenden sozial-ökologischen Auswirkungen allmählich, schleichend und über längere Zeiträume hinweg in Form einer slow violence (Rob Nixon) entfalten....

Zusammenfassung Diverse ökologisch orientierte Entwürfe der jüngeren soziologischen Theorie betrachten die Moderne als eine Gesellschaftsform, für die eine strikte Trennung von Natur und Gesellschaft konstitutiv ist. Nicht selten schließt sich daran die Forderung an, diese Trennung durch Einsicht in Kontinuitäten zu unterlaufen. Anhand einer Rekapi...

In this essay, we explore the relationship between democracy and climate change. Using environmental sociology and related fields as a theoretical lens, we explore two possible and contrasting scenarios of the climate crisis's sociopolitical impact. The first scenario presents that democracy is not well‐equipped to deal with climate change. The inc...

Transdisciplinary research (TDR) is conceptualized as not only providing societal effects but also benefiting academia. However, recent literature on the evaluation of TDR has focused almost entirely on the societal effects of TDR. A discussion of the scientific effects of TDR is needed to do justice to the potential of this research mode. To date,...

The object of research is economic theories and modern ecological and economic systems. The evolution of economic theories in each historical period of the development of social relations has been analyzed and the main economic schools that most accurately described the existing economic systems have been identified. The work solved the problem of...

Introduction Journalism is essential in addressing climate change. Journalists' constructions of climate change issues, worldviews, and proposed solutions legitimise those aspects that are made commonsensical and are given discursive salience. The news media has often constructed climate change as a purely scientific issue whose solutions rely on t...

Militaries are distinct social institutions that significantly impact the environment. As militaries seek to satisfy institutional goals, they put unique pressure on industries that help supply vital materials. Operating under the logic of the treadmill of destruction, militaries generate specific forms of risk. This paper focuses on the U.S. milit...

This research aims to conduct a comparative study of developed countries to examine the relationship between defense spending, governance, and ecological footprints. The study employs Panel Data to analyze the data from a range of developed countries from 1996-2022, including their defense spending patterns, governance structures, and ecological fo...

Elément Biographique de professeur Mangambu Mokoso Né à Kisangani, RD Congo (Ex-Zaïre), le 16 Janvier 1975, le docteur Mangambu Mokoso Jean De Dieu est biologiste systématicien et biogéographe. Depuis 2021 ; il est Professeur Full à l’Université Officielle de Bukavu (RD Congo) et aussi Enseignent dans nombreux Etablissements Universitaires. Auteur...

This paper explores the gendered politics of care in global environmental activism. Drawing on interviews with 96 Extinction Rebellion activists worldwide and a close analysis of 10 older women within this dataset, we contend that ‘care’ both replicated and contradicted the patriarchal order. Older women in Extinction Rebellion have often been reli...

Aims & Scope: Energy storage systems are made possible by incorporating distributed energy sources into the transmission network. To meet the expectations of increasing electricity consumption, contribute to reduction efforts, and create political and social advantages for ecological sustainability, renewable sources are currently being implemented...

Studies estimate that the US military it is a bigger polluter than 140 individual countries, having emitted hundreds of millions of tons of greenhouse gases in the twenty‐first century. Despite this, the military is also one of the organizations most affected by climate change, given its global infrastructural reach, and one that is positioning its...

Kurzfassung. In Germany the challenge of finding a final disposal site for storing high-level nuclear waste has been accompanied by historically grown conflicts along with highly emotional commitment. From an ethno-graphic perspective at the interface of nuclear geography, environmental sociology and further social scientific research in the area o...

El avance de la frontera extractivista viene generando serias fracturas en el metabolismo sociedad-naturaleza a nivel planetario, especialmente en el Sur Global. Territorios y culturas campesinas latinoamericanas están siendo asediadas por diversas actividades económicas primarias para la exportación, que quiebran sus ciclos de sostenibilidad de la...

The sustainable forest management concept contains the essence of the sustainable development paradigm - meeting the current needs of society without compromising the needs of future generations. The strategic commitment of the Faculty of Forestry University of Sarajevo is aimed at quality education of forestry experts, conducting innovative resear...

ABSTRACT Narmada valley development in Madhya Pradesh and Gujrat has caused mass scale displacement, resettlement and rehabilitation. The entire town of Harsood has been shifted as the old settlement got submerged in Indira Sagar dam built across Narmada river This town is situated almost 200 Kms south west of Bhopal and remained a center of Narmad...

Environmental problems are a problem for society and are problems that threaten the patterns of social organization that exist in society because environmental problems are human creations, so humans must also find a solution. Social risk is related to uncertainty. This uncertainty occurs due to the lack or unavailability of sufficient information...

Environmental sociology began in the United States and was subsequently introduced to Europe. Although environmental issues have been discussed and debated in India since the 1970s, sociologists in India have not paid as much attention to environmental issues as they have in other countries. This paper comprehensively analyses sociological viewpoin...

This chapter seeks to contribute to an emerging “ecological turn” in genocide studies that places the material “extra-human environment” at the core of the biological and cultural integrity of social groups such as indigenous peoples and territorially dependent placed-based groups. In the age of the Anthropocene, such social groups are often the vi...

Human land use has begun exerting pressure on global ecosystems, causing a decline in biodiversity, and putting pressure on the biosphere's ability to support life. Migration and rapid population growth in urban areas have resulted in a growing volume of solid waste in nature reserves due to littering and illegal dumping. The existence of illegal d...

Building on cornerstone traditions in historical sociology, as well as work in environmental sociology and political-economic sociology, we theorize and investigate with moderation analysis how and why national militaries shape the effect of economic growth on carbon pollution. Militaries exert a substantial influence on the production and consumpt...

Given the known hazards of nuclear energy in seismically active Japan after the Fukushima meltdowns as well as the presence of viable conservation and renewable energy options, the question of Japan’s stalled energy transition warrants critical interrogation. To better understand why, after Fukushima, Japan’s energy policy trajectory maintained the...