David A. Sonnenfeld, Ph.D.
WSU
Pullman,
Tri-Cities,
& Vancouver
Tues.,
2:40-5:30 pm (WHETS)
Fall 2005
This course is designed as a graduate-level introduction to and overview of the field of environmental sociology, and several important current areas of inquiry within and/or closely related to that field. Structuralist, constructivist, and transformationalist perspectives, among others, are explored with respect to society, risk, consumption, urbanization, inequality, gender, globalization and the environment. The course will be conducted in a "seminar" (discussion) format, and is intended for graduate students in sociology, politics, natural resources, environmental science, education, and other fields with an interest in deepening their understanding of and critical engagement with scholarship on human/ natural environment relations. Graduate standing or consent of the instructor is required. Students will write short weekly essays on assigned readings and a longer integrative paper due at the end of the semester.
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