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Rensselaer Catalog 2018-2019 [Archived Catalog]

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STSS 6300 - Environment and Social Theory

This course focuses on contemporary social theory to understand the historical origins, institutional structures, and dominant trajectories of environmental-social change. Three main questions structure inquiry into the links among science, technology, environment, and social theory: 1) why do modern societies degrade their environments? 2) why do environmental movements arise, or what are the social structural, cultural, and political origins of environmentalism? and 3) can some particular politics curtail environmental degradation?

When Offered: Upon availability of instructor.



Credit Hours: 3


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