Sociology and the environment: a critical introduction to society, nature and knowledge

Preface. Introduction. Chapter 1: Sustainability as Social Challenge. Chapter 2: The Risk Society Thesis: The End of the World as We Know It?. Chapter 3: Science and the Social Construction of Environmental Threat. Chapter 4: Risks in Context: The Local Construction of Environmental Issues. Chapter 5: Institutional Judgements and Contested Decisions: The Governance of Environmental Problems. Chapter 6: Kamikazes and Chromosomes: Sociological Perspectives on Technology. Chapter 7: Society, Nature, Knowledge: Co--constructing the Social and the Natural. Notes. References. Index.