We have tons of environmental books about why we are doomed and how society cannot change to be more sustainable. Most of our social theories don't have a mechanism for positive change. With unusual cases where reform actually did happen and an original theoretical approach, Tom Rudel has sought to address that. In short, there is no book like this one.
Thomas K. Rudel is Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Departments of Human Ecology and Sociology at Rutgers University.