Delta State University
SOC/COD 522 Environment and Society
Spring Semester 2005
Discussion Leaders
| Week | Date | Topic/Reading | Discussion Leader(s) |
| 2 |
Ecological Disorganization |
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| 1/18 |
Why Should We Protect the Environment? Schnaiberg & Gould, Chapter 1 |
Larry Webster | |
| 1/20 |
Ecological Limits Schnaiberg & Gould, Chapter 2 |
Johnny Kimbrough | |
| 3 |
The Treadmill of Production |
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| 1/25 |
Paradigms and Theories Catton & Dunlap (1978) Buttel (1976) |
Jerome Dennis | |
| 1/27 |
The Logic of Industrial Organization Schnaiberg & Gould, Chapter 3 |
Victor Ruhimbya | |
| 4 |
Social Responses to the Treadmill |
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| 2/1 |
Population, Consumption and Technology Schnaiberg & Gould, Chapter 4 & 5 |
Open | |
| 2/3 | Video | ||
| 5 |
Land I |
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| 2/8 |
Property Bromley (1989) Geisler (1993) |
Monica Rosas | |
| 2/10 | Video | ||
| 6 |
Land II |
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| 2/15 |
Protected Areas McNeely (1994) Wright & Mattson (1996) |
Johnny Kimbrough | |
| 2/17 |
Land Trusts Merenlender, et al. (2004) Land Trust Resources |
Larry Webster | |
| 7 |
Land III |
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| 2/22 |
Soil Erosion McPhee, pp. 183-221 |
Jerome Dennis | |
| 2/24 | Video | ||
| 8 |
Plants & Animals I |
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| 3/1 |
Biodiversity Biodiversity Resources |
Open | |
| 3/3 |
Erosion Control McPhee, pp. 221-272 |
Victor Ruhimbya | |
| 9 |
Plants & Animals II |
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| 3/8 |
Forests Kummer & Turner (1994) Lynch (1998) |
Monica Rosas | |
| 3/10 |
Wetlands TBA |
Larry Webster | |
| 10 |
Environmental Justice |
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| 3/15 |
Environmental Justice McGowen (2003) Sapat, et al. (2002) |
Johnny Kimbrough | |
| 3/17 |
Race & the Environment Mohai (2003) |
Jerome Dennis | |
| 3/24 |
SPRING HOLIDAYS |
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| 11 |
Air & Water I |
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| 3/29 | Video | ||
| 3/31 |
Pollution Ringquist (1993) Hockenstein, et al. (1997) |
Johnny Kimbrough | |
| 12 |
Air & Water II |
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| 4/5 |
Flood Control on the Mississippi McPhee, pp. 3-42 |
Victor Ruhimbya | |
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4/7 |
Flood Control on the Mississippi McPhee, pp. 42-92 |
Monica Rosas | |
| 13 |
Environmental Practice |
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| 4/12 | Field Trip | ||
| 4/14 |
What Can You Do for the Environment? Schnaiberg & Gould, Chapters 6 & 7 |
Larry Webster | |
| 14 |
Sustainable Development I |
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| 4/19 |
Sustainability Herremans & Reid (2002) Cernea (1993) |
Open | |
| 4/21 |
Social Movements Schnaiberg & Gould, Chapter 8 |
Jerome Dennis | |
| 15 |
Sustainable Development II |
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| 4/26 |
Population and Environment Population Reports (2000) |
Open | |
| 4/28 |
Conflict, Coalition & Sustainable
Development Schnaiberg & Gould, Chapters 9 & 10 |
Monica Rosas Victor Ruhimbya |
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