TY - JOUR
AU - Picou, J. Steven
AB - 520–Symposium In Search of a Public Environmental Sociology: Ecological Risks in the Twenty-First Century J. STEVEN PICOU University of South Alabama spicou@usouthal.edu The twenty-first century poses many chal- lenges to the human community. However, The Quest for Environmental Justice: none of these challenges are more daunting Human Rights and the Politics of Pollution, than those posed by environmental hazards edited by Robert D. Bullard. San and risks. Environmental degradation, com- Francisco, CA: Sierra Club Books, 2005. munity contamination, and ecological disas- 393pp. $18.95 paper. ISBN: ters will increasingly cause social problems by 9781578051205. disrupting communities, families, and individ- uals and exacerbating historical patterns of Volatile Places: A Sociology of Communities social inequality. In turn, these trends will and Environmental Controversies, by generate new forms of social disorganization Valerie Gunter and Steve Kroll-Smith. and personal distress. European social theo- Thousand Oaks, CA: Pine Forge Press, 2006. 241pp. $34.95 paper. ISBN: rists, such as Anthony Giddens and Ulrich Beck, have addressed these untoward charac- teristics of late modernity by specifying new Precautionary Politics: Principle and collective risks that signal transglobal, trans- Practice in Confronting Environmental generational, uninsurable, irreversible, and Risk, by Kerry H. Whiteside. Cambridge, manufactured consequences that seriously MA: The 
TI - In Search of a Public Environmental Sociology: Ecological Risks in the Twenty-First Century
JF - Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews
DO - 10.1177/009430610803700605
DA - 2008-11-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/sage/in-search-of-a-public-environmental-sociology-ecological-risks-in-the-O0DHTBwLa0
SP - 520
EP - 523
VL - 37
IS - 6
DP - DeepDyve
ER -