Environmental sociology
Question 1:
- Norway is a politically stable, modern and highly developed country with a robust economy. The Norwegian economy is characterized by being open and mixed, with a combination of private and public
- Cultural, political economy (CPE) is an approach to political economy that focuses on how economic systems, and their parts, are products of specific human, technical, and natural relations. Notwithstanding longer historical roots, CPE emerged as part of the “cultural turn” within the social sciences.
- Emotions are essential in constructing socially organized denial, and sadly, these are not given importance as much as they deserve.
Question 2:
- Story 1 is discovering Who You Are (African), story two is genetic science will end racism, and the last one is The Vanishing Indigene.
(b) That is the crucial critique, not that scientific evidence itself is debatable. Scientists themselves arrive at that conclusion, at least in part, when they endlessly dispute whether there was one migration or three, how long ago, and whether ancient peoples have sailed here across the Pacific. One can say with a good deal of credible scientific evidence that Native Americans share genetic markers with human beings in the past and who live today. In those places, we now call “Asia”‘ and “Siberia.
Question 3:
- Along the western borders of the State, and on the Pacific Slope, lies a vast tract occupied by the tribe of Ute Indians, as their reservation. It contains about twelve million acres and is nearly three times as large as the State of Massachusetts. It is watered by large streams and rivers and contains many rich valleys and a large number of fertile plains. The climate is milder than in most localities of the same altitude on the Atlantic slope. Grasses grow there in great luxuriance, and nearly every kind of grain and vegetables can be raised without difficulty. This tract contains nearly one-third of the arable land of Colorado, and no portion of the State is better adapted for agricultural and grazing purposes than many portions of this reservation. Within its limits are towering mountains, from most of which Indians have excluded explorers. Prospectors, however, have explored some portions of the country and found valuable lode and placer claims, and there is the reason to believe that it contains great mineral wealth. The number of Indians who occupy this reservation is about three thousand. If this reservation could be extinguished, and the land was thrown open to settlers, it will furnish homes to thousands of the people of the State who desire homes.
- In numerous cases, it is the poor who suffer from the loss of environmental services due to the pressure exerted on natural systems for the benefit of other communities, often in other parts of the world. The impact of climate change will be felt above all in the poorest parts of the world for example, as it exacerbates drought and reduces agricultural production of the driest regions while greenhouse gas emissions primarily come from affluent populations.
Question 4:
Gentrification is a problem in many developing countries. With the increasing population, this issue is getting serious. People do not have money and even space in many cities that are so populous that it has become difficult for them to find a place to build a home. In the chapter “Living in someone else paradise” writer discusses difficulties in building houses. This is a fundamental and socio-economical issue and needs to be appropriately addressed.