SOC-2070 Enviro, Justice & Society
The domain of this course is the role of social inequities, especially those of class and race, in the distribution of environmental risks in societies at the local, national, and global levels and includes study of legal remedies and public policy measures that address environmental injustices. Emphasis will be placed on economic, political and cultural perspectives on the environmental crisis, analyses of the inequitable distribution of environmental costs and benefits, and social movement challenges to the environmental crisis and environmental inequality. A conflict perspective of environmental issues, namely who benefits from environmental harm and who is primarily harmed as well as McDonaldization Perspective discussing why certain decisions are made by corporate entities will be stressed. Both global and local environmental issues will be discussed as well as the actions of those involved.
Prerequisite
Complete SOC-1025 with a minimum grade of D-.