Sociology of the economy and the environment

<p>Presentation (20%), class participation (20%) and final 5,000-word essay (60%)</p>

Compulsory for 4th year MA students. Optional for all PhD students.

Drawing on sociology of economy and sociology of environment, the meaning of the ecological crisis and the main steps of its rise will be addressed. Different understandings of sustainability will be discussed as related to varied outlooks on risk and on the role of technology as both a cause and a reply to environmental problems. The different social and territorial impacts of environmental change will be considered as well, together with a discussion of main environmental policy approaches and of employment/social policy challenge