Volatile places a sociology of communities and environmental controversies

A guide to spirited public controversies that inevitably occur when environments and human communities collide. It talks about the movie "An Inconvenient Truth" based on the environmental activism of Al Gore, and the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. It offers a case study approach to the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Gunter, Valerie J. 1961- (-)
Otros Autores: Kroll-Smith, J. Stephen, 1947-
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Pine Forge Press c2007.
Edición:1st ed
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009797999206719
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  • Cover; About the Authors; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 - When Environments and Communities Collide; 2 - The Presence of the Past; 3 - Trust and Betrayal; 4 - The Problem of Uncertain Knowledge; 5 - Perceptions of Fairness; 6 - Oppositional Activity and Social Capital; 7 - Social Facts and Brute Facts; Postscript; References; Index