Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • Part 1. Approaches and perspectives
  • 2. Population and scarcity
  • 3. Markets and commodities
  • 4. Institutions and “The commons”
  • 5. Environmental ethics
  • 6. Risks and hazards
  • 7. Political economy
  • 8. Social construction of nature
  • Part 2. Objects of concern: 9. Carbon dioxide
  • 10. Trees
  • 11. Wolves
  • 12. Uranium
  • 13. Tuna
  • 14. Lawns
  • 15. Bottled water
  • 16. French fries
  • 17. E-waste
  • Glossary
  • Index.