Includes Foreword by Raymond Murphy and Afterword by Matthias Gross
Discusses the major paradigms, concepts, and debates in today's environmental sciences
Includes contributions from some of the leading environmental sociologists in the field
Provides a clear understanding of society-ecology relations from a environmental sociological perspective
Magnus Boström is Professor of Sociology at Örebro University, Sweden, with a theoretical interest and research profile in environmental sociology. His research interest generally concerns politics, representation, consumption and action in relation to a broad variety of transnational environmental and sustainability issues.
Debra J. Davidson is Professor of Environmental Sociology in the Department of Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology at the University of Alberta, USA. Her key areas of teaching and research include social responses to climate change, and crises and transitions in food and energy systems.