This volume explores the relationship between nature and society. Highlights the significant part Sociology can play in both understanding and shaping how human societies respond to the threat of ecological catastrophe Addresses a topic that is rapidly gaining interest within sociology and the wider political realm The volume brings together an unusually broad range of contributors who offer a wide and fascinating scope of perspectives on this issue

Author Biography

Bob Carter lectures at the University of Warwick and is co-convenor of the MA in Race and Ethnic Studies. His research interests include language and social theory, and racism and ethnicity. Nickie Charles is Professor and Director of the Centre for the Study of Women and Gender at Warwick University and Honorary Professor, School of the Environment and Society at Swansea University. Her research interests include gender divisions and the relation between paid and unpaid work, families and kin relationships, and gender, health and age