Sociological Studies of Environmental Conflict

Dian Jordan is senior lecturer at University of Texas Permian Basin.Mehmet Soyer is assistant professor of sociology at Utah State University.Sebahattin Ziyanak is assistant professor of sociology at the University of Texas Permian Basin.

The environmental studies about natural resource issues are often studied as conflicts; this book is carefully designed to expound on how resolutions are negotiated and maintained. A number of factors influence how conflicts are framed and how resolutions are determined regarding fracking, shared waters and environmental threats. This book explores the power, community activism, and politics regarding natural resources. Decisions often ignore ecological and social sustainability stewardship needs. By understanding how socio-political dynamics affect policy and negotiation, this book also contributes to the understanding of how natural resource policies are negotiated. It illuminates social inequalities between rural and urban populations.

Introduction: The Environmental Studies of Natural Resources by Sebahattin Ziyanak, Dian Jordan, and Mehmet SoyerChapter 1: Civil Disobedience and Anti-Fracking Activism: Sandra Steingraber's Ironic Standpoint of Praxis by Mollie MurphyChapter 2: A Power Struggle over Fracking in Denton, Texas by Mehmet Soyer and Sebahattin ZiyanakChapter 3: Theories of Environmental Social Problems: A Synthesis of News Media in the Power Struggles by Sebahattin Ziyanak and Mehmet SoyerChapter 4: Public Health and Environmental Concerns by Sebahattin Ziyanak, Mehmet Soyer, and Dorothy JacksonChapter 5: Theoretical and Practical Implications: Soyer - Ziyanak's Stages of Social Problem Model by Mehmet Soyer and Sebahattin ZiyanakChapter 6: International Boundaries: Water of the Rio Grande by Dian JordanChapter 7: Supreme Justice: The Ruling for Red River Water by Dian JordanChapter 8: Political Cooperation for American Indian Water Rights at Sardis Lake by Dian JordanIndexAbout the Authors