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31 produkter
Tragedy of the Commodity
Oceans, Fisheries, and Aquaculture
Av Stefano B. Longo, Rebecca Clausen m. fl.
Häftad, 2015
430 kr
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Winner of the 2017 Paul Sweezy Marxist Sociology Book Award from the American Sociological AssociationAlthough humans have long depended on oceans and aquatic ecosystems for sustenance and trade, only recently has human influence on these resources dramatically increased, transforming and …
This Is Our Land: Grassroots Environmentalism in the Late Twentieth Century
Häftad, 2015
658 kr
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Tragedy of the Commodity
Oceans, Fisheries, and Aquaculture
Av Stefano B. Longo, Rebecca Clausen m. fl.
Inbunden, 2015
1681 kr
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Winner of the 2017 Paul Sweezy Marxist Sociology Book Award from the American Sociological AssociationAlthough humans have long depended on oceans and aquatic ecosystems for sustenance and trade, only recently has human influence on these resources dramatically increased, transforming and …
Price of Nuclear Power
Uranium Communities and Environmental Justice
Häftad, 2015
430 kr
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Rising fossil fuel prices and concerns about greenhouse gas emissions are fostering a nuclear power renaissance and a revitalized uranium mining industry across the American West. In The Price of Nuclear Power, environmental sociologist Stephanie Malin offers an on-the-ground portrait of several …
Price of Nuclear Power
Uranium Communities and Environmental Justice
Inbunden, 2015
1462 kr
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Rising fossil fuel prices and concerns about greenhouse gas emissions are fostering a nuclear power renaissance and a revitalized uranium mining industry across the American West. In The Price of Nuclear Power, environmental sociologist Stephanie Malin offers an on-the-ground portrait of several …
From Workshop to Waste Magnet
Environmental Inequality in the Philadelphia Region
Häftad, 2016
425 kr
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Like many industrialized regions, the Philadelphia metro area contains pockets of environmental degradation: neighborhoods littered with abandoned waste sites, polluting factories, and smoke-belching incinerators. However, other neighborhoods within and around the city are relatively pristine. This …
From Workshop to Waste Magnet
Environmental Inequality in the Philadelphia Region
Inbunden, 2016
1681 kr
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Like many industrialized regions, the Philadelphia metro area contains pockets of environmental degradation: neighborhoods littered with abandoned waste sites, polluting factories, and smoke-belching incinerators. However, other neighborhoods within and around the city are relatively pristine. This …
Vanishing Bees
Science, Politics, and Honeybee Health
Av Sainath Suryanarayanan, Daniel Lee Kleinman
Häftad, 2016
425 kr
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In 2005, beekeepers in the United States began observing a mysterious and disturbing phenomenon: once-healthy colonies of bees were suddenly collapsing, leaving behind empty hives full of honey and pollen. Over the following decade, widespread honeybee deaths-some of which have come to be called …
Vanishing Bees
Science, Politics, and Honeybee Health
Av Sainath Suryanarayanan, Daniel Lee Kleinman
Inbunden, 2016
1737 kr
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In 2005, beekeepers in the United States began observing a mysterious and disturbing phenomenon: once-healthy colonies of bees were suddenly collapsing, leaving behind empty hives full of honey and pollen. Over the following decade, widespread honeybee deaths-some of which have come to be called …
Salmon and Acorns Feed Our People
Colonialism, Nature, and Social Action
Häftad, 2019
495 kr
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Finalist for the 2020 C. Wright Mills Award from the Society for the Study of Social ProblemsSince time before memory, large numbers of salmon have made their way up and down the Klamath River. Indigenous management enabled the ecological abundance that formed the basis of capitalist wealth across …
Salmon and Acorns Feed Our People
Colonialism, Nature, and Social Action
Inbunden, 2019
1737 kr
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Finalist for the 2020 C. Wright Mills Award from the Society for the Study of Social ProblemsSince time before memory, large numbers of salmon have made their way up and down the Klamath River. Indigenous management enabled the ecological abundance that formed the basis of capitalist wealth across …
Dwelling in Resistance
Living with Alternative Technologies in America
Häftad, 2017
398 kr
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Most Americans take for granted much of what is materially involved in the daily rituals of dwelling. In Dwelling in Resistance, Chelsea Schelly examines four alternative U.S. communities-“The Farm,” “Twin Oaks,” “Dancing Rabbit,” and “Earthships”-where electricity, water, heat, waste, food, and …
Dwelling in Resistance
Living with Alternative Technologies in America
Inbunden, 2017
1462 kr
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Most Americans take for granted much of what is materially involved in the daily rituals of dwelling. In Dwelling in Resistance, Chelsea Schelly examines four alternative U.S. communities-“The Farm,” “Twin Oaks,” “Dancing Rabbit,” and “Earthships”-where electricity, water, heat, waste, food, and …
Fractured Communities
Risk, Impacts, and Protest Against Hydraulic Fracking in U.S. Shale Regions
Häftad, 2018
431 kr
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While environmental disputes and conflicts over fossil fuel extraction have grown in recent years, few issues have been as contentious in the twenty-first century as those surrounding the impacts of unconventional natural gas and oil development using hydraulic drilling and fracturing …
Growing Gardens, Building Power
Food Justice and Urban Agriculture in Brooklyn
Häftad, 2022
384 kr
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Across the United States marginalized communities are organizing to address social, economic, and environmental inequities through building community food systems rooted in the principles of social justice. But how exactly are communities doing this work, why are residents tackling these issues …
Growing Gardens, Building Power
Food Justice and Urban Agriculture in Brooklyn
Inbunden, 2022
1681 kr
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Across the United States marginalized communities are organizing to address social, economic, and environmental inequities through building community food systems rooted in the principles of social justice. But how exactly are communities doing this work, why are residents tackling these issues …
Back to the Roots
Memory, Inequality, and Urban Agriculture
Av Sara Shostak
Häftad, 2021
481 kr
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Across the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, urban farmers and gardeners are reclaiming cultural traditions linked to food, farming, and health; challenging systemic racism and injustice in the food system; demanding greater community control of resources in marginalized neighborhoods; and moving …
Back to the Roots
Memory, Inequality, and Urban Agriculture
Av Sara Shostak
Inbunden, 2021
1737 kr
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Across the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, urban farmers and gardeners are reclaiming cultural traditions linked to food, farming, and health; challenging systemic racism and injustice in the food system; demanding greater community control of resources in marginalized neighborhoods; and moving …
Science by the People
Participation, Power, and the Politics of Environmental Knowledge
Häftad, 2019
384 kr
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Longlisted for the Fleck Prize from the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S)Citizen science-research involving nonprofessionals in the research process-has attracted both strong enthusiasts and detractors. Many environmental professionals, activists, and scholars consider citizen science part …
Science by the People
Participation, Power, and the Politics of Environmental Knowledge
Inbunden, 2019
1737 kr
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Longlisted for the Fleck Prize from the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S)Citizen science-research involving nonprofessionals in the research process-has attracted both strong enthusiasts and detractors. Many environmental professionals, activists, and scholars consider citizen science part …
Toxic and Intoxicating Oil
Discovery, Resistance, and Justice in Aotearoa New Zealand
Häftad, 2021
495 kr
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When oil and gas exploration was expanding across Aotearoa New Zealand, Patricia Widener was there interviewing affected residents and environmental and climate activists, and attending community meetings and anti-drilling rallies. Exploration was occurring on an unprecedented scale when oil …
Has It Come to This?
The Promises and Perils of Geoengineering on the Brink
Av J.P. Sapinski, Holly Jean Buck m. fl.
Häftad, 2020
565 kr
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Geoengineering is the deliberate and large-scale intervention in the Earth's climate system in an attempt to mitigate the adverse effects of global warming. Now that climate emergency is upon us, claims that geoengineering is inevitable are rapidly proliferating. How did we get into this situation …
Has It Come to This?
The Promises and Perils of Geoengineering on the Brink
Av J.P. Sapinski, Holly Jean Buck m. fl.
Inbunden, 2020
1681 kr
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Geoengineering is the deliberate and large-scale intervention in the Earth's climate system in an attempt to mitigate the adverse effects of global warming. Now that climate emergency is upon us, claims that geoengineering is inevitable are rapidly proliferating. How did we get into this situation …
Electric Mountains
Climate, Power, and Justice in an Energy Transition
Häftad, 2021
412 kr
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Climate change has shifted from future menace to current event. As eco-conscious electricity consumers, we want to do our part in weening from fossil fuels, but what are we actually a part of? Committed environmentalists in one of North America's most progressive regions desperately wanted energy …
Risk and Adaptation in a Cancer Cluster Town
Av Laura Hart
Häftad, 2023
338 kr
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In disease cluster communities across the country, environmental contamination from local industries is often suspected as a source of disease. But civic action is notoriously hampered by the slow response from government agencies to investigate the cause of disease and the complexities of risk …
Risk and Adaptation in a Cancer Cluster Town
Av Laura Hart
Inbunden, 2023
1789 kr
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In disease cluster communities across the country, environmental contamination from local industries is often suspected as a source of disease. But civic action is notoriously hampered by the slow response from government agencies to investigate the cause of disease and the complexities of risk …
Building Something Better
Environmental Crises and the Promise of Community Change
Av Stephanie A. Malin, Meghan Elizabeth Kallman
Häftad, 2022
370 kr
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As the turmoil of interlinked crises unfolds across the world-from climate change to growing inequality to the rise of authoritarian governments-social scientists examine what is happening and why. Can communities devise alternatives to the systems that are doing so much harm to the planet and …
Building Something Better
Environmental Crises and the Promise of Community Change
Av Stephanie A. Malin, Meghan Elizabeth Kallman
Inbunden, 2022
830 kr
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As the turmoil of interlinked crises unfolds across the world-from climate change to growing inequality to the rise of authoritarian governments-social scientists examine what is happening and why. Can communities devise alternatives to the systems that are doing so much harm to the planet and …
Flooded
Development, Democracy, and Brazil's Belo Monte Dam
Häftad, 2022
356 kr
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Winner of the 2023 Marysa Navarro Best Book Prize from the New England Council for Latin American studies In the middle of the twentieth century, governments ignored the negative effects of large-scale infrastructure projects. In recent decades, many democratic countries have continued to use dams …
Ecologies of Justice
Making and Unmaking Prison Worlds
Av Matthew DelSesto, Daniela Jauk-Ajamie m. fl.
Häftad, 2026
471 kr
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What is the role of multi-species ecologies in creating spaces that counteract the violence in carceral systems and environmental destruction? This book brings together, for the first time, contributions on issues related to prison, jail, and reentry programs, community-based interventions, …
