Inequality, Democracy, and the Environment / / Liam Downey.

Winner, American Sociological Association Section on Environment and Technology Allan Schnaiberg Outstanding Publication AwardThe world currently faces several severe social and environmental crises, including economic under-development, widespread poverty and hunger, lack of safe drinking water for...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter NYUP / FUP Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2015]
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Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Popular Explanations of the Environmental Crisis
  • 2. Inequality, Democracy, and Macro-Structural Environmental Sociology
  • 3. The World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and the Environment
  • 4. Modern Agriculture and the Environment
  • 5. Armed Violence, Natural Resources, and the Environment
  • 6. Restricted Decision Making and U.S. Energy and Military Policy in the George W. Bush Administration
  • 7. Environmental Degradation Reconsidered
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index
  • About the Author