Environment and Society

SOCY 3091

Understanding environmental problems; identifying stakeholders; understanding core interests; procedural fairness; escalation control; justifying aspirations; negotiation/consensus building; administrative procedures limits of negotiations; public education/grassroots organization; general approaches to environmental policy; of general applicability to environmental problems.


Focuses on influences of both natural and built environments upon human behavior and social organization; microenvironements and their influence on individuals; the impact of macroenvironments on societal organization; and environmental movements.