Elgar Encyclopedia of Environmental Sociology

Edited by Christine Overdevest, Associate Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology and Criminology & Law, University of Florida, US

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• Contents:List of contributors ixAcknowledgments xiiIntroduction to the ElgarEncyclopedia of EnvironmentalSociology xiiiChristine OverdevestAlternative food and agriculturemovements and initiatives 1Nicholas Greenfield andLaura T. RaynoldsAnimals in environmental sociology 4Linda Kalof and Cameron T. WhitleyAnthroShift 10Dana R. Fisher and Celine PakAssemblage theory 12Katharine Legun and Angga DwiartamaBiodiversity (loss) and society 17Karin M. GustafssonBioprospecting and biopiracy 23David R. Goyes and Nigel SouthCarbon intensity of well-being 26Jennifer E. Givens andMichael D. BriscoeCircular economy 29Sina Leipold and Mira KoppCitizen science 36Aya H. KimuraCivil society and private regulation 42Axel MarxClean energy conservatism 47Dasom Lee and David J. HessClimate adaptation 53Stewart LockieClimate change skepticism 58Dilshani Sarathchandra, KristinHaltinner and Randolph P. StuartClimate migration 65Pilar Morales-Giner andCristina RamosClimate and society 71Jeffrey BroadbentCoercive environmentalism 79Yifei LiCommodification anddecommodification of nature 85Marek Zi—łkowski andMariusz BaranowskiCommunity land trusts 92Louise Crabtree-HayesConsumption, sociology of 98Peter OosterveerCultural green economy 104Stewart BarrCulture and environmental sociology 110Michael M. Bell and Emily BurkeDecoupling 117Patrick Trent GreinerDegrowth 124Susan PaulsonDisasters, sociology of 130Kathleen TierneyDisproportionality 136Mary CollinsDiverse economies 142Kelly Dombroski and Gradon DiproseDouble diversion 148Don GrantEcofeminism 153Ariel SallehEcological debt 159Rikard H. WarleniusEcological democracy 165Stephan LorenzEcological Footprint 167Mathis WackernagelEcological masculinities 177Martin Hultman and Paul M. PuléEcological modernization theory 183Simon R. Bush and Gert SpaargarenEcological postwork theory 188Maja Hoffmann and David FrayneEcological surprise 195Matthias GrossEcologically unequal exchange 200Jennifer E. Givens and Xiaorui HuanEnergy democracy framework 206Ry Brennan and David PellowEnergy transition 212Olivier Labussière and Alain NadaïEnvironmental ethnography 220Alissa CordnerEnvironmental expertise 226Rolf Lidskog and Göran SundqvistEnvironmental flows 231Simon R. Bush, Peter Oosterveer andMachiel LamersEnvironmental governance 236Cameron HolleyEnvironmental health and thesocial sciences 242Jennifer S. Carrera and Phil BrownEnvironmental inequality 248Stacia Ryder, Abigail Cunniff andSkye NilesEnvironmental justice 254Michael MascarenhasEnvironmental movements 261Yao LiEnvironmental reproductive justice 267Stephanie L. HanusEnvironmental state 272Christopher M. Rea and Scott FrickelFairtrade 282Anne MookFictional expectations 287Jens BeckertFinancialization 290Margaux S.C. Robinson and Loka L.AshwoodFood desert 297Devin Wright and Laura McKinneyFood insecurity 303Julia Waity, Leslie Hossfeld andBrooke KellyFood justice 307Joshua SbiccaFood security governance 314Jessica DuncanForest transitions 319Thomas K. RudelFuturing 321Jeroen Oomen and Maarten HajerGlobal value chains,environmental upgrading anddowngrading 328Aarti KrishnanGreen crime 334Michael A. Long and Michael J. LynchGreen gentrification 339Tammy L. LewisGreen New Deal 345Ray GalvinGrowth machine theory 351Surabhi Pant and Jordan FoxHeirs’ property and its ramifications 356Cassandra Johnson GaitherHidden hazards 360Scott FrickelHuman ecology 362Thomas J. Burns and Carrie M. LeslieHuman exemptionalismparadigm/new ecological paradigm 367Riley E. DunlapIntersectionality theory and theenvironment 375David N. PellowIntersectional risk theory (IRT) 380Katarina Giritli Nygren, AnnaOlofsson and Susanna ÖhmanJevons paradox 387Daniel Auerbach, Brett Clark andLazarus AduaKnowledge resistance 394Mikael KlintmanLocal environmental movements 401Alison E. Adams and Thomas E. ShriverLow-carbon good lives 406Amy Isham, Anastasia Loukianov andPatrick ElfMass/excess consumption 413Magnus BoströmNegative emissions technologies 424Stefan Schäfer and Tobias HaasNIMBY – “not in my backyard” 428Veikko ErantiOrganic movement 434Brian K. ObachOvershoot 439Rory Varrato and Michael DowdPolitical ecology and the powerof sociology 449Hanne Svarstad andTor A. BenjaminsenPrecautionary consumption 455Norah MacKendrickPrecautionary principle 458Sven Ove HanssonRecreancy 465Liesel RitchieReflexive modernization andrisk society 471Rolf Lidskog and Jens O. ZinReflexivity and anti-reflexivity 477Magnus Boström, Monika Berg andRolf LidskogReligion and nature 482Emily Burke and Michael M. BellResilience 488Stephen G. Perz andLuis Rondan-VasquezRights of nature 494Martin HultmanRisk governance 499Ortwin RennScience and democracy 506Göran Sundqvist and Linda SonerydScience and technology studies (STS) 512Apollonya Maria PorcelliSecond contradiction ofcapitalism thesis 518Alan P. RudySense of place 524Richard StedmanSharing economy 529Mehmet CansoySmart farming 533Michael CarolanSocial construction of nature 539Stella M. ČapekThree fixes of environmentalproblem-solving 547Walter F. Kuentzel and Thomas A.HeberleinTransformative learning 553Magnus Boström, Maria Ojala andJohan ÖhmanTreadmill of destruction 559Michael Lengefeld, Gregory Hooksand Chad L. SmithTreadmill of production 563Amalia Leguizamón