TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hannigan,John A.
TI  - Environmental sociology
SN  - 0415355125
AV  - GE195 .H36 2006
PY  - 2006///
CY  - London, New York
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Environmentalism
KW  - Social aspects
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages [154]-179) and indexes; Environmental sociology as a field of inquiry; -- Contemporary theoretical approaches to environmental sociology; -- Environmental discourse; -- Discourse, power relations and political ecology; -- Social construction of environmental issues and problems; -- Media and environmental communication; -- Science, scientists and environmental problems; -- Risk; -- Biodiversity loss : the successful 'career' of a global environmental problem; -- Towards an 'emergence' model of environment and society
N2  - In this book the author argues that society's willingness to recognise and solve environmental problems rests primarily upon the claim-making activities of a number of issue entrepreneurs in science, mass-media and politics
ER  -