Sociological Studies of Environmental Conflict

Dian Jordan is senior lecturer at University of Texas Permian Basin.Mehmet Soyer is assistant professor of sociology at Utah State University.Sebahattin Ziyanak is assistant professor of sociology at the University of Texas Permian Basin.

The Authors eloquently highlights the social problems, political conflicts, and ecological questions that arise from the struggles among stakeholders in the appropriation of natural resources. The lessons learned from authors’ inquiries provide hope and knowledge that is imperative to the successful advancement of human society. This book recollects past struggles but gives us insight into how humanity’s greatest challenge can be approached in the future.

• Introduction: The Environmental Studies of Natural Resources by Sebahattin Ziyanak, Dian Jordan, and Mehmet SoyerChapter 1: Civil Disobedience and Anti-Fracking Activism: Sandra Steingraber’s Ironic Standpoint of Praxis by Mollie MurphyChapter 2: A Power Struggle over Fracking in Denton, Texasby Mehmet Soyer and Sebahattin Ziyanak Chapter 3: Theories of Environmental Social Problems: A Synthesis of News Media in the Power Struggles by Sebahattin Ziyanak and Mehmet SoyerChapter 4: Public Health and Environmental Concerns by Sebahattin Ziyanak, Mehmet Soyer, and Dorothy JacksonChapter 5: Theoretical and Practical Implications: Soyer - Ziyanak’s Stages of Social Problem Model by Mehmet Soyer and Sebahattin ZiyanakChapter 6: International Boundaries: Water of the Rio Grandeby Dian JordanChapter 7: Supreme Justice: The Ruling for Red River Water by Dian JordanChapter 8: Political Cooperation for American Indian Water Rights at Sardis Lake by Dian JordanIndexAbout the Authors