1st Edition

Ecology, World Resources and the Quality of Social Life

    240 Pages
    by Routledge

    238 Pages
    by Routledge

    The twelve contributors to this volume, from ten different nations, are world-renowned sociologists who examine problems of ecology and world resources as they affect the quality of social life. Three different perspectives are employed: high technology, industrialization, and the problems of development; restructuring and alternatives of development; and social movements and social policies.

    Introduction, 1. Anthony Giddens, 2. Riley E. Dunlap and William R. Catton, Jr., Department of Sociology, 3. Edgar F. Borgatta, Chair, 4. Paolo Ammassari, I.I.S. President, 5. Alex Inkeles, 6. Erwin K. Scheuch, 7. S. N. Eisenstadt, 8. T. K. Oommen, 9. France Govaerts, 10. G. Szell, 11. Raymond Boudon, 12. Akinsola Akiwowo, Appendix, Author Index, Subject Index

    Biography

    William V. D'Antonio, Masamichi Sasaki, Yoshio Yonebayashi