{"product_id":"environment-and-society-isbn-9781119408239","title":"Environment and Society","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA comprehensive yet accessible introduction to the conceptual tools used to explore real-world environmental problems \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEnvironment and Society: A Critical Introduction, Third Edition\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates how theoretical approaches such as environmental ethics, political economy, and social construction work as conceptual tools to identify and clarify contemporary environmental issues. Assuming no background knowledge in the subject, this reader-friendly textbook uses clear language and engaging examples to first describe nine key conceptual tools, and then apply them to a variety of familiar objects—from bottled water and French fries to trees, wolves, and carbon dioxide. Throughout the text, highly accessible chapters provide insight into the relationship between the environment and present-day society. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDivided into two parts, the text begins by explaining major theoretical approaches for interpreting the environment-society relationship and discussing different perspectives about environmental problems. Part II examines a series of objects, each viewed through a sample of the theoretical tools from Part I, helping readers think critically about critical environmental topics such as deforestation, climate change, the global water supply, and hazardous e-waste. This fully revised third edition stresses a wider range of competing ways of thinking about environmental issues and features additional cases studies, up-to-date conceptual understandings, and new chapters in Part I on racializd environments and feminist approaches\u003ci\u003e. Environment and Society: A Critical Introduction, Third Edition: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eCovers theoretical lenses such as commodities, environmental ethics, and risks and hazards, and applies them to touchstone environment-society objects like wolves, tuna, trees, and carbon dioxide  \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eUses a conversational narrative to explain key historical events, topical issues and policies, and scientific concepts \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures substantial revisions and updates, including new chapters on feminism and race, and improved maps and illustrations \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes a wealth of in-book and online resources, including exercises and boxed discussions, chapter summaries, review questions, references, suggested readings, an online test bank, and internet links \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides additional instructor support such as suggested teaching models, full-color PowerPoint slides, and supplementary teaching material \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eRetaining the innovative approach of its predecessors, \u003ci\u003eEnvironment and Society: A Critical Introduction, Third Edition\u003c\/i\u003e remains the ideal textbook for courses in environmental issues, environmental science, and nature and society theory. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Figures x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Tables xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Boxes xvi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Companion Website xviii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Introduction: The View from a Human-Made Wild 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat is This Book? 6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Authors’ Points of View 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Approaches and Perspectives 13\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Population and Scarcity 15\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Booming China or a Busting One? 16\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Problem of Exponential Growth 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePopulation, Development, and Environment Impact 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Other Side of the Coin: Population and Innovation 23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLimits to Population: An Effect Rather than a Cause? 24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThinking with Population 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Markets and Commodities 33\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Bet 34\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eManaging Environmental Bads: The Coase Theorem 37\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMarket Failure 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMarket-Based Solutions to Environmental Problems 40\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBeyond Market Failure: Gaps between Nature and Economy 45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThinking with Markets 48\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Institutions and “The Commons” 51\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eControlling Carbon? 52\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Prisoner’s Dilemma 52\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Tragedy of the Commons 54\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Evidence and Logic of Collective Action 56\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCrafting Sustainable Environmental Institutions 58\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAre All Commoners Equal? Does Scale Matter? 62\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThinking with Institutions 64\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Environmental Ethics 67\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Price of Cheap Meat 68\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eImproving Nature: From Biblical Tradition to John Locke 70\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGifford Pinchot vs. John Muir in Yosemite, California 72\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAldo Leopold and “The Land Ethic” 74\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLiberation for Animals! 76\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCAFOs and Climate Change: Now that You Know, What \u003ci\u003eShould \u003c\/i\u003eYou Do? 78\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHolism and Other Pitfalls 78\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThinking with Ethics 80\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Risks and Technology 83\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Bt Cotton Revolution 84\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnvironments as Hazard 85\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Problem of Risk Perception 87\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRisk as Culture 90\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBeyond Risk: The Political Economy of Hazards 92\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThinking with Risk and Technology 95\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Political Economy 99\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Contradictions of COVID-19 100\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLabor, Accumulation, and Crisis 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProduction of Nature 108\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlobal Capitalism and the Ecology of Uneven Development 110\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSocial Reproduction and Nature 112\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnvironments and Economism 114\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThinking with Political Economy 114\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Social Construction of Nature 118\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Blank Spot on the Map 119\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSo You Say It’s “Natural?” 120\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnvironmental Discourse 124\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Limits of Constructivism: Science, Relativism, and the Very Material World 129\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThinking with Construction 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Feminism and the Environment 136\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGender and Environment 138\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom Earth as Woman to Ecofeminism 140\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFeminist Approaches to Economies and Nature 142\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFeminist Approaches to Knowledge and the Environment 146\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThinking with Feminism and the Environment 152\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 Racialized Environments 156\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStructural Environmental Racism 158\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnvironmental Justice 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSettler Colonialism 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhiteness and Nature 169\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThinking with Racialized Environments 170\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Objects of Concern 175\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11 Carbon Dioxide 177\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStuck in Pittsburgh Traffic 178\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Short History of CO2 178\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInstitutions: Climate Free-Riders and Carbon Cooperation 184\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMarkets: Trading More Gases, Buying Less Carbon 190\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePolitical Economy: Who Killed the Atmosphere? 193\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Carbon Puzzle 196\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12 Trees 200\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChained to a Tree in Berkeley, California 201\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Short History of Trees 201\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePopulation and Markets: The Forest Transition Theory 209\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePolitical Economy: Accumulation and Deforestation 212\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGender, Trees, and Power: Feminist Insights into Forests 214\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEthics, Justice, and Equity: Should Trees Have Standing? 216\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Tree Puzzle 218\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e13 Wolves 222\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWolves, Be Wary Where You Tread 223\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Short History of Wolves 224\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEthics: Rewilding and Wolves 229\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInstitutions: Stakeholder Management 232\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFeminism: Of Wolves and Masculinity 235\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Wolf Puzzle 238\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e14 Uranium 242\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePromise and Peril in Post-Nuclear Worlds 243\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Short History of Uranium 244\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRisk and Hazards: Debating the Fate of High-Level Radioactive Waste 250\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRace: Environmental Justice and the Navajo Nation 253\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSocial Construction: Discourses at Work in Australia 256\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Uranium Puzzle 260\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e15 Tuna 264\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBig Trouble for Big Tuna 265\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Short History of Tuna 265\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMarkets and Commodities: Eco-Labels to the Rescue? 270\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePolitical Economy: Re-regulating Fishery Economies 273\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEthics: Saving Animals, Conserving Species 276\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Tuna Puzzle 279\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e16 Lawns 283\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow Much Do People Love Lawns? 284\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Short History of Lawns 284\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRisk and Chemical Decision-Making 288\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSocial Construction: Good Lawns Mean Good People 291\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePolitical Economy: The Chemical Tail Wags the Turfgrass Dog 292\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Lawn Puzzle 295\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e17 Bottled Water 298\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Tale of Two Bottles 299\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Short History of Bottled Water 300\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePopulation: Bottling for Scarcity? 305\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRisk and Technology: Health and Safety in a Bottle? 307\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePolitical Economy: Manufacturing Demand on an Enclosed Commons 309\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRacialized Environments: The Burden of Bottled Water in the United States 312\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Bottled Water Puzzle 314\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e18 French Fries 318\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGetting Your French Fry Fix 319\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Short History of the Fry 319\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFeminist Approaches: The Body Politics of French Fries 325\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePolitical Economy and Racialized Environments: Have it Your Way? 328\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEthics: Protecting or Engineering Potato Heritage? 333\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe French Fry Puzzle 337\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e19 E-Waste 341\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDigital Divides 342\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Short History of E-Waste 343\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eE-Waste and Markets: From Externality to Commodity 348\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Political Economy of E-Waste 351\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eE-Waste and Racialized Environments 355\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe E-Waste Puzzle 359\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlossary 362\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 372\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Robbins\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor and Dean of the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA. His research interests focus on understanding human–environment systems, the influence non-humans have on human behavior and organization, and the implications these interactions hold for ecosystem health, local communities, and social justice. He is also author of \u003ci\u003ePolitical Ecology: A Critical Introduction\u003c\/i\u003e, now in its third edition (Wiley Blackwell, 2019). \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn G. Hintz\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Environmental, Geographical, and Geological Sciences at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, USA. His research interests include the politics of public lands management, mapping protected areas, and sustainable agriculture. He has published in several journals, including \u003ci\u003eCapitalism Nature Socialism\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEthics, Place \u0026amp; Environment.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSarah A. Moore\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Geography at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA. Her research investigates the political, economic, and social dimensions of waste management at several scales. Her publications include articles in numerous journals including \u003ci\u003eProgress in Human Geography, The Professional Geographer,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSociety and Natural Resources.\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for the prior edition \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“This masterful synthesis of environment–society scholarship brings together cutting-edge ways of thinking about nature\/society entanglements with highly grounded objects of exploration — from lawns to bottled water to uranium. The dynamic and accessible writing style belies the book’s empirical and theoretical sophistication. For upper-level undergrads and lower-level graduate students of environment-society relations, this new edition remains the ‘go-to’ text in the field.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKendra McSweeny,\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eOhio State University Columbus \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“As an introductory text reflecting contemporary scholarship via plural perspectives and hybrid objects, Environment and Society continues to innovate.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJim Proctor,\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eLewis \u0026amp; Clark College \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEnvironment and Society: A Critical Introduction, Third Edition\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates how theoretical approaches such as environmental ethics, political economy, and social construction can be used to identify and clarify contemporary environmental issues, hence providing insight into the relationship between the environment and present-day society. 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