This course forms part of the BA degree and deals critically with environmental controversies within social science, within the environmental movement and within society at large. Key areas include environmental problems of present society, environmental injustices, the role of capital/ism, debates around green capitalism/economy, the capacity of green technologies and strategies for moving to an ecologically sustainable society; gender and the environment; indigenous populations and the environment; deep ecology; eco-socialist, eco-feminist, green new deal, and eco-anarchist approaches; politics of climate change, and the environment in developing countries.
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4 courses
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On successful completion of the course students will be able to:
Recognise different relationships humans have with the environment.
Describe current sociological theories as they apply to environmental problems.
Identify the role of social structures in the distribution of impacts and responses to environmental issues.
Differentiate possible future implications of societal approaches to the environment.
