SOCL 318 - Environmental Sociology

Credit(s): 3
Lecture: 3
Non-Lecture: 0
This course provides an overview of the field of environmental sociology. Participants will become acquainted with major contemporary environmental problems as well as the various theoretical perspectives–human ecology, political economy, constructivism, political ecology, ecological modernization, feminist ecology–employed by environmental sociologists to interpret their origins, dynamics and potential resolution. The course will also examine several deeply rooted Western assumptions about nature that are hindering the construction of a more integrated perspective on human-environment interactions. Offered every year.