Microsociological perspectives for environmental sociology
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Microsociological perspectives for environmental sociology
(Interactionist currents)
Routledge, 2017
- : hbk
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  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
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  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
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  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
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  United Kingdom
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Environmental sociology tends to be dominated by macrosociological theories, to the point that microsociological perspectives have been neglected and ignored. This collection of original work is the first book dedicated to demonstrating the utility of microsociological perspectives for investigating environmental issues. From symbolic interactionism to actor-network theory, from dramaturgy to conversation analysis, from practice theory to animism, a variety of microsociological perspectives are not only drawn upon but creatively applied and developed, making this collection not only a contribution to environmental sociology, but to microsociological theory as well. The authors address such topics as the treatment of waste, human-animal relations, science and industry partnerships, environmental social movements, identities, and lifestyles, eco-tourism, the framing of land, water, and natural resources, and even human conceptions of outer space.
Bringing together diverse scholars, perspectives, and topics, Microsociological Perspectives for Environmental Sociology opens the field up to new approaches and initiates much needed dialogue between environmental sociologists and microsociologists. It will appeal not only to sociologists, but to environmental scholars across the social sciences interested in enriching their theoretical repertoire in studying the social aspects of the environment.
Table of Contents
List of illustrations
Preface
Notes on contributors
Introduction: awakening micro-theoretical perspectives in environmental sociology
BRADLEY H. BREWSTER AND ANTONY J. PUDDEPHATT
1 Micro-interactions of cosmic proportions: mediating human-cosmos relationships in the planetarium
MEGAN S. ALBAUGH BONHAM
2 "This is not Sea World": spectacle and insight in nature tourism
PETER R. GRAHAME
3 How to climb Mount Fuji (at your earliest convenience): a non-representational approach
PHILLIP VANNINI
4 Negotiating identity, valuing place: enacting "earthcare" and social justice at Finca La Bella, Costa Rica
STELLA M. CAPEK
5 Green lifestyles and micropolitics: pragmatist action theory and the connection between lifestyle change and collective action
JANET A. LORENZEN
6 Mead, interactionism, and the improbability of ecological selves: toward a meta-environmental microsociological theory
STEPHEN ZAVESTOSKI AND ANDREW J. WEIGERT
7 Present tense: everyday animism and the politics of possession
MICHAEL M. BELL
8 Wild selves: a symbolic interactionist perspective on species, minds, and nature
LESLIE IRVINE
9 Dog shit happens: human-canine interactions and the immediacy of excremental presence
MATTHIAS GROSS AND ANA HORTA
10 Sorting the trash: competing constructions and instructions for handling household waste
SUSAN MACHUM
11 The utility of phenomenology in understanding and addressing human-caused environmental problems
JERRY WILLIAMS
12 The social psychology of compromised negotiations: constructing asymmetrical boundary objects between science and industry
BENJAMIN KELLY
13 Escaping the iron cage of environmental rationalizations: microsocial decision-making in environmental conflicts
FILIP ALEXANDRESCU AND BERND BALDUS
Index
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