Making environmental sociology sociological
- 1 October 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Sociological Spectrum
- Vol. 7 (4) , 335-346
- https://doi.org/10.1080/02732173.1987.9981829
Abstract
Three basic sociological distinctions—viewing the environment as home or place of sustenance, separation of home and workplace, and “thing” work versus “people” work—are used to illuminate such sociological concerns as environmental degradation as a social problem, social specialization and pollution, and the demographic profiles of environmentally concerned people.Keywords
This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
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- Conservation: An Upper-middle Class Social MovementJournal of Leisure Research, 1969