Ecology, World Resources and the Quality of Social Life

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. Cover Half Title Title Copyright Dedication TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction 1 Industrialization, Ecology, and the Development of Life Politics 2 Toward an Ecological Sociology: The Development, Current Status, and Probable Future of Environmental Sociology 3 Sociology and the Reality of the Press on Environmental Resources 4 Ecology and the Quality of Social Life 5 Industrialization, Modernization and the Quality of Life 6 The Puzzle of “Quality of Life” 7 New Social Movements and Alternative Modes of Development 8 Social Movements and Social Policies: A Misplaced Polarity in Social Research 9 Quality of Life, Development Policies and Female Children and Adolescents 10 High Technology: Industrialization and Problems of Development 11 The Grandeur and Decadence of the Development Sciences: A Study of the Sociology of Knowledge 12 Human Social Relations and Environment Change: A Global Perspective Appendix A New Paradigm for Regional Policies: The Challenge of Hyogo Prefecture Author Index Subject Index