Volatile Places: A Sociology of Communities and Environmental Controversies

ISBN-13: 9780761987505 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 256 str.

Valerie J. Gunter; Steve Kroll-Smith

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This book is a thoughtful guide to the public debate currently raging and highlighted in the movie An Inconvenient Truth based on the environmental activism of Al Gore and on the April 3, 2006 Cover of Time magazine about the climate crisis.. The Devastation of Hurricane Katrina is explored in this timely book. The authors begin with a simple observation.; environmental issues are almost always contested and are likely to transform communities into volatile places. Students of environment, as well as those interested in communities or social conflicts, will find this book a useful guide to a rich and provocative case-study literature. The authors hope that these studies will inspire students to engage in spirited thinking original research, and action.