Discipline

Ecology and Society

Course Number
HS 629
Credit
6
Discipline Type
Sociology

Sociology and the Environment: Mapping the field and its’ intellectual tradition Ecological PerspectivesSocial Ecology, Cultural Ecology, Eco- Feminism and Political Ecology Development, and Environment Sociological analysis and the Global Environment Contemporary Environmental Debates: the global environmental movements environmental movements in India and Protests, large dams and human displacement, gender and environment Major Environmental Accords: Rio-92, Kyoto and it’s socio-ecological and Sociological significance

Reference

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