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The Natural and the Social

Uncertainty, Risk, Change, 2nd Edition

Edited by STEVE HINCHLIFFE, Kathryn (Kath) Alison Woodward

Published April 1st 2004 by Routledge – 192 pages

Series: Understanding Social Change

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Description

The age in which people in the West have treated society and nature as essentially separate matters is at an end. Environmental change and degradation impinge on all our lives, and even our genes are increasingly seen by employers and insurers as commodities.

The Natural and the Social draws on insights from across the social sciences to examine the changing character of these interrelations between society and nature. Individual chapters look in depth at genes, environments and human development, medical practices and health, and the management of environmental risk. Throughout students are encouraged to draw on their own experiences to understand the theoretical and practical problems of living in this new natural-and-social world.

This exciting and original text will be essential reading for anyone who wants to understand more clearly the role and limitations of technological and scientific progress in contemporary society.

Contents

1. Human Nature 2. Whose Health is it Anyway? 3. Nature for Sale? 4. Living with Risk: The Unnatural Geography of Environmental Crises

Name: The Natural and the Social: Uncertainty, Risk, Change, 2nd Edition (Paperback) – Routledge 
Description: Edited by STEVE HINCHLIFFE, Kathryn (Kath) Alison Woodward. The age in which people in the West have treated society and nature as essentially separate matters is at an end. Environmental change and degradation impinge on all our lives, and even our genes are increasingly seen by employers and insurers as...
Categories: Sociology & Social Policy