Sociology’s engagement with the environment (Part II)

In this second of two presentations on sociology’s engagement with the environment, Dr. Dana Fisher first highlights a theoretical distinction between environmental sociology and the environmental state. She defines key concepts in environmental sociology - the treadmill of production, overshoot, and metabolic rift - all of which see environmental degradation as related to economic growth. She then defines key concepts of the environmental state approach - ecological modernization, ecological reflectivity, and the world policy perspective - and notes that the environmental state approach sees environmental protection as a source of economic growth. She concludes by highlighting the differences in focus, assumptions and research approaches between the two paradigms.
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