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Last update: Mgr. Iva Zvěřinová, Ph.D. (08.02.2024)
Study materials will be available on Moodle (https://dl1.cuni.cz/enrol/index.php?id=777). Exam: presentations, tests The lectures take place at Charles University, Faculty of Arts, Department of Sociology, Celetná 13, Praha 1, room 1.09. |
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Last update: Mgr. Iva Zvěřinová, Ph.D. (02.03.2020)
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Last update: Mgr. Iva Zvěřinová, Ph.D. (20.02.2024)
The grade is based on points. Each activity is awarded a certain amount of points. The grade is derived from the overall amount of points as follows: 1) own research (you can choose among the literature review, quantitative survey, secondary data analysis, qualitative survey) (in total 20 points); 2) presentation of results of the research either in the form of an academic poster or PowerPoint presentation (15 points); 3) class attendance (1 point per one class); 4) first test (maximum of 30 points); 5) second test (maximum of 35 points). The tests will be based on lectures and reading assignments. The tests will consist of open-ended questions. The number of points and related grade are summarized in this table:
Academic poster work due dates: 5. 3. short presentation of teams and topics of team-work Tests: 26.3. first test Additional test dates: 11. 6.; 18. 6. |
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Last update: Mgr. Iva Zvěřinová, Ph.D. (02.03.2020)
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Interaction between current societies and environment: The New Environmental Paradigm; the Treadmill of Production; Ecological Modernization Theory Buttel, H. B. (2004, September). The Treadmill of Production: An Apprecitation, Assessment, and Agenda for Research. Organization and Environment, 17(3), 323. Catton, W. J., & Dunlap, R. E. (1978). Environmental Paradigm. The American Sociologist, 13, 41–49. Dunlap, R. E. (2008). The New Environmental Paradigm Scale: From Marginality to Worldwide Use. Journal of Environmental Education, 40(1). Inglehart, R. (1977). The silent revolution: changing values and political styles among Western publics. Princeton: Princeton University Press. York, R., & Rosa, E. A. (2003). Key Challenges to Ecological Modernization Theory: Institutional Efficacy, Case Study Evidence, Units of Analysis, and the Pace of Eco-Efficiency. Organization & Environment, 16(3), 273-288. doi:10.1177/1086026603256299
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A social history of the environment Goudie, A. (2013). The Human Impact on the Natural Environment: Past, Present and Future (7th ed.). Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/cuni/Doc?id=10684948 Whyte, I. (2013). A Dictionary of Environmental History. London: I.B. Tauris. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/cuni/Doc?id=10773026 Hughes, J. (2001). An Environmental History of the World: Humankind’s Changing Role in the Community of Life. London: Taylor & Francis.
A social history of energy transitions O’connor, P. A. (2010, December). Energy Transitions. The Pardee Papers. Boston University. https://www.bu.edu/pardee/files/2010/11/12-PP-Nov2010.pdf Smill, V. (2010). Energy Transitions: History, Requirements, Prospects. Santa-Barbara: Preager. (Chapter 2) Kander, A., Malanima, P., & Warde, P. (2008, December). Energy transitions in Europe: 1600-2000. Papers in Innovation Studies 2008/12, Lund University, CIRCLE - Center for Innovation, Research and Competences in the Learning Economy. http://wp.circle.lu.se/upload/CIRCLE/workingpapers/200812_Kander_et_al.pdf
Risk and society Beck, U. (1992). Risk society: towards a new modernity. London: Sage Publications. (in Czech: Beck, U. 2004. Riziková společnost: Na cestě k jiné moderně. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství.) Bickerstaff, K. (2004). Risk perception research: socio-cultural perspectives on the public experience of air pollution. Environment International, 30, 827-840. Slovic, P. (2000). The Perception of Risk. London: Sterling, VA: Earthscan Publications. Taylor-Gooby, P., Zinn, J. O. (2006). Risk in Social Science. New York: Oxford University Press. Wilkinson, I. (2001). Social Theories of Risk Perception: At Once Indispensable and Insufficient. Current Sociology, 49 (1), 1-22.
Environmental justice and inequalities Whitelaw, Diana & Visgioio, Gerald. (2003). Our Backyard: A Quest for Environmental Justice. Rowman & Littlefield. Maantay, J., & McLafferty, S. (2011). Geospatial analysis of environmental health. New York: Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
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