Environmental social science faces daunting theoretical and empirical challenges today, as the modern political ideas of liberalism that shaped its historical development encounter the growing influence of illiberal ideas and politics.
Stephanie Malin has studied the legacies of past uranium mining and milling in Western states for over a decade. Her book examines dilemmas faced by uranium communities caught between harmful legacies of previous mining booms and the potential promise of new economic development.
The 2018 U.S. Nuclear Posture Review, ordered by President Donald Trump, details subtle yet important changes in the U.S. approach to nuclear weapons.
KuoRay Mao published “The Treadmill of Taxation: Desertification and Organizational State Deviance in Minqin Oasis, China” in Critical Criminology in February 2018. Abstract Green criminology has long proposed a political economy approach towards the study of environmental harm. This paper engages with that emerging scholarship by examining how land reclamation and organizational state deviance contributed […]
This paper examines the acute socioecological crisis in the Minqin region of China’s Gansu province beginning in the 1980s and the multilevel, governmental response to that crisis in the first two decades of the 21st century.
This book examines how water crises threaten the assumptions and accepted management practices of water users, managers and policymakers.
The cranberry industry is working to boost demand for cranberry products at home and expand new export markets in Asia and Latin America.
The Tail From Your Thanksgiving Turkey Is A Delicacy Somewhere Else In The World Story by Rachel Estabrook. Originally published on Colorado Public Radio. LISTEN to audio: Michael Carolan Speaks With Ryan Warner This Thursday, while most American families jockey over white and dark meat on the Thanksgiving turkey, some others will fight for a piece […]
Evidence suggests that growing inequality implies that those at the top buy the best homes while others struggle to keep pace amid rising housing costs.
Raynolds, Laura T. 2017. “Bridging North / South Divides through Consumer Driven Networks.” Pp. 167-178 in B. Halkier et al. (eds.) Routledge Handbook on Consumption. New York: Routledge. Abstract Scholars and activists have sought to identify avenues for addressing rising global disparities, focusing largely on reconfiguring production. This chapter shifts our focus to the realm […]
