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Understanding the environment and social policy / Tony Fitzpatrick.

Medverkande: Materialtyp: TextSerie: Utgivningsuppgift: [London] Policy Press, 2011Beskrivning: 1 online resource (384 pages)Innehållstyp:
  • text
Medietyp:
  • computer
Bärartyp:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781447342823
  • 1447342828
Ämnen: Genre/form: DDK-klassifikation:
  • 363.7056 23
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Innehåll:
Front Matter -- Contents -- List of figures, tables and boxes -- Detailed contents -- Notes on contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Acronyms and abbreviations -- Introduction -- The environmental challenge -- Social challenges: causes, explanations and solutions -- Challenges for social policy -- Challenges to the state -- Environmental ethics -- Environmental justice: philosophies and practices -- Environmental policy -- Health and environment -- Planning and the urban environment -- Transport -- Green jobs -- Citizenship and care -- International development and global poverty -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- References -- Index
Sammanfattning: Bringing together leading experts, this textbook explores the key social, political, economic and moral challenges that environmental problems pose for social policy in a global context. Combining theory and practice with an interdisciplinary approach, the book reviews the current strategies and policies and provides a critique of proposed future developments in the field. Understanding the environment and social policy guides the reader through the subject in an accessible way using chapter summaries, further reading, recommended webpages, a glossary and questions for discussion. Providing a much-needed overview, the book will be invaluable reading for students, teachers, activists, practitioners and policymakers.
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Front Matter -- Contents -- List of figures, tables and boxes -- Detailed contents -- Notes on contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Acronyms and abbreviations -- Introduction -- The environmental challenge -- Social challenges: causes, explanations and solutions -- Challenges for social policy -- Challenges to the state -- Environmental ethics -- Environmental justice: philosophies and practices -- Environmental policy -- Health and environment -- Planning and the urban environment -- Transport -- Green jobs -- Citizenship and care -- International development and global poverty -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- References -- Index

Bringing together leading experts, this textbook explores the key social, political, economic and moral challenges that environmental problems pose for social policy in a global context. Combining theory and practice with an interdisciplinary approach, the book reviews the current strategies and policies and provides a critique of proposed future developments in the field. Understanding the environment and social policy guides the reader through the subject in an accessible way using chapter summaries, further reading, recommended webpages, a glossary and questions for discussion. Providing a much-needed overview, the book will be invaluable reading for students, teachers, activists, practitioners and policymakers.

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