A Public Sociology of Waste
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A Public Sociology of Waste

  1. 158 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

A Public Sociology of Waste

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

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Year
2022
ISBN
9781529206593

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Series Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Table of Contents
  6. List of Figures
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. Series Editors’ Preface
  9. 1 The Public Problem of Waste
  10. 2 Framing Waste
  11. 3 The Public Problem of Recycling
  12. 4 The Public Problem of Plastics
  13. 5 The Public Problem of PPE Waste and Being Prepared
  14. 6 A Public Sociology of Waste
  15. Appendix
  16. Notes
  17. References
  18. Index