Exam 2: What Is Sociological About the Environment

Environmental sociology argues that:

Which perspective views humans as separate from, and more important than, the rest of nature?

Which theorist explored how the ways in which humans work on and change nature also affects humans, using bovine spongiform encephalopathy as an example?

Which approach to environmental problems focus on exploring how and why issues come to be classified as natural, considered problematic, and rise to societal attention?

The term capitalocene draws attention to:

Which theorist outlines six factors for the successful construction of environmental problems?

Which theorist emphasized the distinction of the social from the natural world?

Signatories of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change report on which of the following emissions:

'Green social theory' and 'Environmental Sociology' are categorized under which perspective?

Which elements do the concept of sustainability encompass?