Vocational skill course · Sociology · Semester 1 · FY BA · 2 credits · 50 marks
Module 1: Meaning of Sustainability and Climate Change
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Nature, environment and linkages with Sociology: Defining sustainability, development and climate change
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Issues of environmental justice and citizenship
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Theoretical approaches: Risk Society (Ulrich Beck)
Module 2: Case Studies: India and Global
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From the regions: Tsunami, 26/7 Mumbai floods, Earthquakes
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Global challenges: Water and Soil, GM foods, Global warming
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The way forward: Beyond the economics of growth: Structural limitations & Individual responsibilities, Solutions
References
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Beck, U. (1992). Risk Society: Towards a New Modernity. London: Sage Publications.
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Beck, U. (1999). World Risk Society as Cosmopolitan Society? Theory, Culture & Society, 16(4), 55– 77.
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Birkmann, J. (Ed.). (2006). Measuring Vulnerability to Natural Hazards: Towards Disaster Resilient Societies. Tokyo: United Nations University Press.
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Bullard, R. D. (1990). Dumping in Dixie: Race, Class, and Environmental Quality. Boulder, CO: Westview Press.
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Gore, A. (1992). Earth in the Balance: Ecology and the Human Spirit. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
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Gleick, P. H. (2003). Global Freshwater Resources: Soft-Path Solutions for the 21st Century. Science, 302(5650), 1524–1528.
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IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change). (2014). Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
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Jackson, T. (2009). Prosperity Without Growth: Economics for a Finite Planet. London: Earthscan.
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Leichenko, R., & O'Brien, K. L. (2008). Environmental Change and Globalization: Double Exposures. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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Meadows, D. H., Meadows, D. L., Randers, J., & Behrens III, W. W. (1972). The Limits to Growth. New York: Universe Books.
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Sachs, J. D. (2015). The Age of Sustainable Development. New York: Columbia University Press.
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Schlosberg, D. (2004). Reconceiving Environmental Justice: Global Movements and Political Theories. Environmental Politics, 13(3), 517–540.
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Shiva, V. (1997). Biopiracy: The Plunder of Nature and Knowledge. Boston: South End Press.
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Srinivas, H. (2006). Megacity Mumbai: A Mega Mess for Urban Planners. Economic and Political Weekly, 41(9), 830–834.
