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Cover Handbook of Anti-Environmentalism
Handbook of Anti-Environmentalism
Edited by David Tindall, Mark C.J. Stoddart, and Riley E. Dunlap
This thought-provoking Handbook provides a theoretical overview of the wide variety of anti-environmentalisms and offers an integrative research agenda for future research on the topic. Probing the ways in which groups have organized to oppose environmental movements and pro-environmental policies in recent decades, it examines those involved in these countermovements and studies their motivations and support systems. This Handbook explores core topics in the field, including contestation over climate change, wind power, mining, forestry, food sovereignty, oil and gas pipelines and population issues.
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Handbook
Published:
25 Mar 2022
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781839100222
Collection:
Sociology, Social Policy and Education 2022
Cover Welfare States in the 21st Century
Welfare States in the 21st Century
The New Five Giants Confronting Societal Progress
Ian Greener
On the 80th anniversary of Beveridge’s report on the ‘Five Giants’ confronting societal progress in the 1940s, this innovative book examines the ‘New Giants’ confronting us today: inequality, preventable mortality, the crisis of democracy, job quality, and environmental degradation. Ian Greener uses Qualitative Comparative Analysis and cluster analysis across 24 countries to analyse which countries are the highest performing in relation to each of the New Giants, and what they have in common.
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Monograph Book
Published:
08 Mar 2022
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800370791
Collection:
Sociology, Social Policy and Education 2022
Cover Defining Disaster
Defining Disaster
Disciplines and Domains
Edited by Marie Aronsson-Storrier and Rasmus Dahlberg
This timely book unpacks the idea of ‘disaster’ from a variety of approaches, broadening understanding and improving the usability of this complex and often contested concept. Including multidisciplinary perspectives from leading and emerging scholars, it offers reflections on how the concept of disaster has been shaped by and within various fields of research, providing complementary and thought-provoking comparisons across many domains.
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Monograph Book
Published:
21 Jan 2022
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781839100307
Collection:
Law 2022
Cover The Violence of Conservation in Africa
The Violence of Conservation in Africa
State, Militarization and Alternatives
Edited by Maano Ramutsindela, Frank Matose, and Tafadzwa Mushonga
Offering insights on violence in conservation, this timely book demonstrates how and why the state in Africa pursues conservation objectives to the detriment of its citizens. It focuses on how the dehumanization of black people and indigenous groups, the insertion of global green agendas onto the continent, a lack of resource sovereignty, and neoliberal conservation account for why violence is a permanent feature of conservation in Africa.
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Monograph Book
Published:
14 Jan 2022
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800885615
Collection:
Geography, Planning and Tourism 2022
Cover Handbook of Critical Agrarian Studies
Handbook of Critical Agrarian Studies
Edited by A. H. Akram-Lodhi, Kristina Dietz, Bettina Engels, and Ben M. McKay
Exploring the emerging and vibrant field of critical agrarian studies, this comprehensive Handbook offers interdisciplinary insights from both leading scholars and activists to understand agrarian life, livelihoods, formations and processes of change. It highlights the development of the field, which is characterized by theoretical and methodological pluralism and innovation.
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Handbook
Published:
14 Dec 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788972468
Collection:
Geography, Planning and Tourism 2021
Cover Research Handbook on Energy and Society
Research Handbook on Energy and Society
Edited by Janette Webb, Faye Wade, and Margaret Tingey
This incisive Research Handbook examines the relationship between energy and society, across both macro- and micro-scales, in the context of the climate crisis. Featuring an extensive examination of current research in the field from fifty expert international contributors, it offers important insights into the inter-connections between the globally organised fossil fuel energy system and the changing structures of society.
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Handbook
Published:
10 Dec 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781839100710
Collection:
Sociology, Social Policy and Education 2021
Cover Conducting and Financing Low-carbon Transitions in China
Conducting and Financing Low-carbon Transitions in China
A Governmentality Perspective
Le-Yin Zhang
Utilizing a governmentality lens, this timely book offers an explanation for China’s decarbonization performance in the early 21st century. Le-Yin Zhang investigates one of the most ambitious governing projects in history, analyzing the political rationalities of Chinese leaders for decarbonization and the governing techniques and technologies at multiple levels of governance.
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Monograph Book
Published:
19 Nov 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788977395
Collection:
Political Science and Public Policy 2021
Cover Research Handbook on Environmental Sociology
Research Handbook on Environmental Sociology
Edited by Axel Franzen and Sebastian Mader
This Research Handbook presents the state of the art of empirical sociological research on the causes of, and solutions to, pressing environmental problems. It provides cutting-edge insights into some of the most urgent challenges facing humanity, including anthropogenic climate change and environmental pollution. The contributors argue that profound collective efforts to protect the environment are vital for sustainable development and offer practical solutions to specific contemporary issues.
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Handbook
Published:
19 Nov 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800370456
Collection:
Sociology, Social Policy and Education 2021
Cover Research Handbook on International Environmental Law
Research Handbook on International Environmental Law
Edited by Malgosia Fitzmaurice, Marcel Brus, Panos Merkouris, and Agnes Rydberg
This thoroughly updated and revised second edition of this foundational Handbook combines practical and theoretical analyses to cover a wide array of cutting edge issues in international environmental law (IEL). It provides a comprehensive view of the complexity of IEL, both as a field in its own right, and as part of the wider system of international law.
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Handbook
Published:
12 Nov 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781786439710
Collection:
Law 2021
Cover Handbook on Teaching and Learning for Sustainable Development
Handbook on Teaching and Learning for Sustainable Development
Edited by Walter Leal Filho, Amanda Lange Salvia, and Fernanda Frankenberger
Exploring the important role of education in both pursuing and implementing sustainable development, this timely Handbook highlights how teaching methods at schools and universities can impact the future. It looks at ways not only to inform students about matters related to sustainable development, but also to empower them to adopt behaviours and actions that lead to more sustainable lifestyles.
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Handbook
Published:
22 Jun 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781839104657
Collection:
Geography, Planning and Tourism 2021