Environmental Sociology: Risk and Sustainability in Modernity - Paperback

by Cristiano Luis Lenzi (Author)

Environmental Sociology: Risk and Sustainability in Modernity examines the encounter between sociology and contemporary environmental issues. It presents the proposal for an environmental sociology considering the dilemmas surrounding sustainable development, ecological modernization, and risk society. In this book, Cristiano Luis Lenzi critically examines these concepts, aiming to show how controversial environmental sociology still is. The book offers a nuanced interpretation of some of the issues and disputes that arise in the debate over these approaches in the sociological literature.

Author Biography

Cristiano Luis Lenzi is a sociologist and professor of environmental sociology at the School of Arts, Sciences, and Humanities at the University of São Paulo.