Abstract
Key points:
- Economic growth is a longstanding and vital feature of modern capitalism.
- From the late-nineteenth century some classical social analysis began to express concern about the environmental impact of modern forms of production and consumption.
- Increasing mass production and mass consumption led to concerns being expressed about waste and the sustainability of modern ways of living.
- Scientific research suggests that capitalist economic life and modern ways of living are creatin a global ecological crisis.
- Notwithstanding scientific evidence indicating that relentless pursuit of economic growth is unsustainable the policy accorded priority on official discourse has continued to be ' business as usual'.
- Sustaining the environment is a priority and needs to be a prominent focus of sociological inquiry,
- Economic growth is a longstanding and vital feature of modern capitalism.
- From the late-nineteenth century some classical social analysis began to express concern about the environmental impact of modern forms of production and consumption.
- Increasing mass production and mass consumption led to concerns being expressed about waste and the sustainability of modern ways of living.
- Scientific research suggests that capitalist economic life and modern ways of living are creatin a global ecological crisis.
- Notwithstanding scientific evidence indicating that relentless pursuit of economic growth is unsustainable the policy accorded priority on official discourse has continued to be ' business as usual'.
- Sustaining the environment is a priority and needs to be a prominent focus of sociological inquiry,
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Being Sociological |
| Editors | Steve Matthewman, Catherine Lane West-Newman, Bruce Curtis |
| Place of Publication | Basingstoke |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Pages | 331-350 |
| Number of pages | 20 |
| Edition | 2nd |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780230303157 |
| Publication status | Published - 2013 |
