Volatile places : a sociology of communities and environmental controversies /

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Author / Creator:Gunter, Valerie J. (Valerie Jan), 1961-
Imprint:Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Pine Forge Press, c2007.
Description:xii, 241 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6616187
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Other authors / contributors:Kroll-Smith, J. Stephen, 1947-
ISBN:9780761987505 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
0761987509 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-229) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. When Environments and Communities Collide
  • 2. The Presence of the Past
  • 3. Trust and Betrayal
  • 4. The Problem of Uncertain Knowledge
  • 5. Perceptions of Fairness
  • 6. Oppositional Activity and Social Capital
  • 7. Social Facts and Brute Facts: Confounding the Social and the Physical
  • Postscript
  • References
  • Index
  • About the Authors