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Building on recent developments in social ecology, this book advances a new critical theory of society and nature, exploring social metabolism and global resource flows in contemporary society. Barriers to global sustainability are identified and conditions for transforming industrial economies towards new sustainable resource use are described.

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Author:   K. Bruckmeier
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   4.827kg
ISBN:  

9780230300606

ISBN 10:   023030060
Pages:   290
Publication Date:   21 January 2013
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction: The Development of Social Ecology Interdisciplinary Research in Society and Nature in the 20th Century Sources of Social Ecology: Discourses on Society and Nature in Sociology Sources of Social Ecology: Ecosystems and Natural Resources in Ecological Discourses Thematic Profiles of Social Ecology: The Research on Resource Flows and the Physical Economy in a Global Context Thematic Profiles of Social Ecology: The Research on Human Land Use, Food and Biomass Production in European and Global Contexts Thematic Profiles of Social Ecology: Knowledge Synthesis in a Theory of Interaction of Society and Nature Social Ecology: A Science in Development Social Ecology and Practice: The Policy Process and the Social-Ecological Discourse

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KARL BRUCKMEIER is Professor in Human Ecology in the School of Global Studies, Gothenberg University, Sweden.

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