A Public Sociology of Waste

Name: A Public Sociology of Waste
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SKU: 9781529206562
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By Myra J. Hird

Series: Public Sociology

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A Public Sociology of Waste challenges the common belief that individuals alone are responsible for the global waste crisis by recycling or reducing waste. Sociologist Myra J. Hird exposes the role of neoliberal capitalism and the collaboration between industry and local governments in perpetuating this issue. The book connects waste to broader social concerns such as colonialism, poverty, racism, and sexism, proposing a sociological approach to rethink and address waste collectively.
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This book is suited for readers interested in environmental sociology, social justice, and critical perspectives on waste and sustainability. It appeals to students, educators, and activists seeking deeper understanding of systemic factors behind waste issues.

Critically analysing how waste is currently configured as a 'household' issue, this book illuminates the implications of these framings and how public sociology can engage critical publics to reorient waste as a global socio-ethical issue.

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Is it possible for individuals to tackle waste by recycling, reusing and reducing alone?

This provocative book critically analyses the widespread assumption that individuals and households have created our global waste crisis.

Sociologist and waste expert Myra J. Hird reveals neoliberal capitalism's fallacy of infinite growth as the real culprit and demonstrates how industry and local governments work in tandem to deflect our attention away from the real causes of our global waste problem.

A Public Sociology of Waste offers crucial insights into the relations between waste and wider societal issues including ongoing (settler) colonialism, poverty, racism and sexism. It showcases how sociology may provide solutions through a 'public imagination' of waste.

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A Public Sociology of Waste

By Myra J. Hird

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ISBN: 9781529206562

Publisher: Bristol University Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 12 December 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Bristol University Press

Illustration: 6 Illustrations, black and white

Audience: General / adult, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 156.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 158

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Education & Reference Myra J. Hird Non-Fiction Science & Nature Series: Public Sociology

About the Author

Myra J. Hird is Professor in the School of Environmental Studies at Queen's University in Canada and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry.

A Public Sociology of Waste