Book Review: Sociology, Environmentalism, Globalization

Abstract

This book is international in focus, interdisciplinary in presentation, & illustrated throughout with examples. It brings a sociological focus to environmental issues & explains the complex interrelation between environmentalism & globalization. 1. The Sociology of Globalization -- 2. Environmental Issues and the Compression of the Globe -- 3. How do the World's Environmental Problems come to be 'Global'? -- 4. Universalizing Discourses and Globalization -- 5. Rethinking the Global.