Public Sociology of Waste
This provocative book critically analyses the widespread narrative around waste as a ‘household’ issue.
Expert scholar Myra J. Hird uncovers neoliberal capitalism’s fallacy of infinite growth as the real culprit and shows how the industry and local governments work in tandem to deflect attention away from it.
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This provocative book critically analyses the widespread narrative around waste as a ‘household’ issue.
Expert scholar Myra J. Hird uncovers neoliberal capitalism’s fallacy of infinite growth as the real culprit and shows how the industry and local governments work in tandem to deflect attention away from it.
The book offers crucial insights on the implications of how publics currently understand and engage with waste issues, and how sociology can contribute to a ‘public imagination’ of waste.
Expert scholar Myra J. Hird uncovers neoliberal capitalism’s fallacy of infinite growth as the real culprit and shows how the industry and local governments work in tandem to deflect attention away from it.
The book offers crucial insights on the implications of how publics currently understand and engage with waste issues, and how sociology can contribute to a ‘public imagination’ of waste.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Bristol University Press
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 158
- ISBN
- 9781529206555
- Utgivelsesår
- 2022
- Format
- 23 x 16 cm