Biodiversity loss and climate change: an eco-social analysis
| dc.contributor.author | Church, Daniel | |
| dc.contributor.examiningcommittee | Hudson, Mark (Sociology) Hudson, Ian (Economics) | en_US |
| dc.contributor.supervisor | Smandych, Russell (Sociology) | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-08-22T16:57:19Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-08-22T16:57:19Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2013-08-22 | |
| dc.degree.discipline | Sociology | en_US |
| dc.degree.level | Master of Arts (M.A.) | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | This thesis analyzes the global ecological crisis. It divides the global ecological crisis in to two major components: Climate change and biodiversity loss. Using a theoretical methodology based on comparing and applying a variety of lenses from within environmental sociology, the thesis asks and answers two questions: What are the causes of the global ecological crisis, and how can we solve it? Drawing on the perspectives of ecological modernization theory, ecological Marxism and deep ecology, the causes of and solutions to the global ecological crisis are identified. The primary causes of the crisis are found to be inefficient industrial technology, capitalism and an instrumentalist and anthropocentric view of the natural world. The primary solutions, therefore, must include a widespread shift towards clean and green technology, a transformative social revolution, and a new ecocentric respect for the intrinsic value of non-human life. The study offers many recommendations for policy makers. | en_US |
| dc.description.note | October 2013 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1993/22075 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
| dc.rights | open access | en_US |
| dc.subject | environment | en_US |
| dc.subject | ecology | en_US |
| dc.subject | climate change | en_US |
| dc.subject | biodiversity loss | en_US |
| dc.subject | environmental sociology | en_US |
| dc.subject | ecological crisis | en_US |
| dc.subject | biosphere | en_US |
| dc.subject | ecological marxism | en_US |
| dc.subject | deep ecology | en_US |
| dc.subject | ecological modernization | en_US |
| dc.title | Biodiversity loss and climate change: an eco-social analysis | en_US |
| dc.type | master thesis | en_US |