Rolf Lidskog – författare

Denna bok behandlar mångkulturalism som socialt fenomen och politisk utmaning. Dagens samhälle kännetecknas av kulturell mångfald, vilket gör att kunskap om detta område är nödvändigt för att förstå och verka i detta samhälle. Författarna formulerar inte ett färdigt förslag för hur ett mångkulturellt samhälle bör se ut, utan ger istället redskap för att reflektera över den kulturella mångfalden och öppna upp för samtal om vilket samhälle som vi vill vara med och skapa.Varför är kulturell tillhörighet viktig? Kan man tillhöra flera kulturer samtidigt och hur gör man när de krockar? Söker kulturer alltid kontrollera sina medlemmar? Varför är vissa kulturmöten fredliga och berikande och andra våldsamma och destruktiva?

Att förena social sammanhållning, politiskt inflytande och kulturell mångfald är förknippat med en mängd svårigheter. Många kulturella grupper drabbas av utanförskap i form av underordning, diskriminering, segregering och rasism. Även inom kulturella grupper finns ojämlikhet och maktrelationer, som till exempel kan visa sig i tvångsgifte, könsstympning, och fundamentalistisk religionsfostran. Samtidigt är kultur inte bara något som begränsar oss som individer och grupper, utan den hjälper oss att skapa meningsfulla liv. Samhället och individen är otänkbara utan kultur, eftersom det är genom kulturer som vi förstår såväl oss själva som andra.

Den här boken är en grundläggande introduktion i mångkulturalism. Den är relevant för kurser och program med inriktning på samhällsarbete, människovårdande yrken och utbildning

Rolf Lidskog är fil.dr i sociologi och teol.dr i etik och arbetar som professor vid Örebro universitet. Fuat Deniz var fil.dr i sociologi och arbetade som universitetslektor vid Örebro universitet.

Sociologi är skriven för kursen med samma namn på gymnasieskolan, men passar även för andra utbildningar, exempelvis för studerande på vuxenutbildningar. Boken inleds med fyra kapitel som handlar om människan, samhället och sociologi som vetenskap. Därefter följer tre kapitel om vårt nuvarande samhälles utformning: om globalisering och urbanisering, om samhällets skiktning (klass, kön och etnicitet) och om förändringar på tre centrala samhällsområden: familj, utbildning och arbete. Boken avslutas med ett kapitel som knyter ihop tankarna om människan och samhället. Varje kapitel inleds med konkreta exempel och avslutas med diskussionsfrågor.

Experts offer theoretical and empirical analyses that view the regulation of transboundary air pollution as a dynamic process.

Governing the Air looks at the regulation of air pollution not as a static procedure of enactment and agreement but as a dynamic process that reflects the shifting interrelationships of science, policy, and citizens. Taking transboundary air pollution in Europe as its empirical focus, the book not only assesses the particular regulation strategies that have evolved to govern European air, but also offers theoretical insights into dynamics of social order, political negotiation, and scientific practices. These dynamics are of pivotal concern today, in light of emerging international governance problems related to climate change. The contributors, all prominent social scientists specializing in international environmental governance, review earlier findings, analyze the current situation, and discuss future directions for both empirical and theoretical work.

The chapters discuss the institutional dimensions of international efforts to combat air pollution, examining the effectiveness of CLRTAP (Convention for Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution) and the political complexity of the European Union; offer a broad overview and detailed case studies of the roles of science, expertise, and learning; and examine the “missing link” in air pollution policies: citizen involvement.

Changing political conditions, evolving scientific knowledge, and the need for citizen engagement offer significant challenges for air pollution policy making. By focusing on process rather than product, learning rather than knowledge, and strategies rather than interests, this book gives a nuanced view of how air pollution is made governable.

Environmental Sociology and Social Transformation demonstrates how sociological theory and research are critical for understanding the social drivers of global environmental destruction and the conditions for transformative change.

Written by two professors of sociology who are deeply involved in the international community of environmental sociology, Magnus Boström and Rolf Lidskog argue that we need to better understand society as well as the fundamentally social nature of environmental problems and how they can be addressed. The authors provide answers to why so many unsustainable practices are maintained and supported by institutions and actors despite widespread knowledge of their negative consequences. Employing a pluralistic sociological approach to the study of social transformations, the book is divided into five key themes: Causes, Distributions, Understandings, Barriers, and Transformation. Overall, the book offers an integrative and comprehensive understanding of the social dimension of (un)sustainability, societal inertia, and conditions for transformative change. It provides the reader with references from classic and contemporary sociology and uses pedagogical features including boxes and questions for discussion to help embed learning.

Arguing that a broad and deep social transformation is needed to avoid a global civilization crisis, Environmental Sociology and Social Transformation will be a great resource for students and scholars who are exploring current environmental challenges and the societal conditions for meeting them.

Environmental Sociology and Social Transformation demonstrates how sociological theory and research are critical for understanding the social drivers of global environmental destruction and the conditions for transformative change.

Written by two professors of sociology who are deeply involved in the international community of environmental sociology, Magnus Boström and Rolf Lidskog argue that we need to better understand society as well as the fundamentally social nature of environmental problems and how they can be addressed. The authors provide answers to why so many unsustainable practices are maintained and supported by institutions and actors despite widespread knowledge of their negative consequences. Employing a pluralistic sociological approach to the study of social transformations, the book is divided into five key themes: Causes, Distributions, Understandings, Barriers, and Transformation. Overall, the book offers an integrative and comprehensive understanding of the social dimension of (un)sustainability, societal inertia, and conditions for transformative change. It provides the reader with references from classic and contemporary sociology and uses pedagogical features including boxes and questions for discussion to help embed learning.

Arguing that a broad and deep social transformation is needed to avoid a global civilization crisis, Environmental Sociology and Social Transformation will be a great resource for students and scholars who are exploring current environmental challenges and the societal conditions for meeting them.

Governing environmental risk, particularly large-scale transboundary risks associated with climate change and pollution, is one of the most pressing problems facing society .

This book focuses on a set of key questions relating to environmental regulation: How are activities regulated in a fragmented world - a world of nation states, regulators, domestic and international law and political contests - and one in which a range of actors, such as governments, corporations and NGOs act in order to influence regulations in specific policy areas? How are complex and trans-boundary environmental issues managed? What role does expert knowledge play in regulating this kind of issues? What give rules authority? In short, how do actors try to render an issue governable?

Drawing on regulation theory, discourse theory and science and technology studies, and employing original research, the authors analyse the regulation of four kinds of complex and trans-boundary environmental issues: oil protection in the Baltic Sea, mobile phones and radiation protection, climate change adaptation and genetically modified crops. The outcomes include insights for policymakers, regulators and researchers into how dominant frames are constructed, legitimate actors are configured and authority is established. This in turn exposes the conditions for, and possibility of, developing regulation, making authoritative rules and shaping relevant knowledge in order to govern complex environmental risks.

Governing environmental risk, particularly large-scale transboundary risks associated with climate change and pollution, is one of the most pressing problems facing society .

This book focuses on a set of key questions relating to environmental regulation: How are activities regulated in a fragmented world - a world of nation states, regulators, domestic and international law and political contests - and one in which a range of actors, such as governments, corporations and NGOs act in order to influence regulations in specific policy areas? How are complex and trans-boundary environmental issues managed? What role does expert knowledge play in regulating this kind of issues? What give rules authority? In short, how do actors try to render an issue governable?

Drawing on regulation theory, discourse theory and science and technology studies, and employing original research, the authors analyse the regulation of four kinds of complex and trans-boundary environmental issues: oil protection in the Baltic Sea, mobile phones and radiation protection, climate change adaptation and genetically modified crops. The outcomes include insights for policymakers, regulators and researchers into how dominant frames are constructed, legitimate actors are configured and authority is established. This in turn exposes the conditions for, and possibility of, developing regulation, making authoritative rules and shaping relevant knowledge in order to govern complex environmental risks.