Alternative Pathways in Science and Industry: Activism, Innovation, and the Environment in an Era of Globalization (Urban and Industrial Environments) - Softcover

David J. Hess is Professor in the Sociology Department, James Thornton Fant Chair in Sustainability Studies, and Associate Director of the Vanderbilt Institute for Energy and the Environment at Vanderbilt University. He is the author of Alternative Pathways in Science and Industry, Localist Movements in a Global Economy, and Good Green Jobs in a Global Economy, all published by the MIT Press.

--Phil Brown, Department of Sociology and Center for Environmental Studies, Brown University

--Steven A. Moore, Bartlett Cocke Professor of Architecture and Planning, University of Texas

--Daniel Lee Kleinman, Professor of Rural Sociology and Science and Technology Studies, University of Wisconsin - Madison, author of "Impure Cultures: University Biology and the World of Commerce"

" This book is valuable in contributing to several literatures: social movements, globalization, science and technology studies, and civil society. It is unique as an STS treatment of sustainability. The book is theoretically rich and nuanced, written in very accessible language." --Phil Brown, Department of Sociology and Center for Environmental Studies, Brown University

" This book provides a hopeful and much-needed conceptual framework for understanding how civil society can positively influence science and technology in our era of globalization. Through the interpretive lenses of sociology and history, Hess has studied food cooperatives, alternative-energy producers, community-based recyclers, and other progressive organizations in an effort to identify more just and sustainable pathways of 'opposition and compromise.' His achievement is significant and will certainly influence not only scholars, but activists and professionals in any field who are concerned with the coevolution of society and the environment." --Steven A. Moore, Bartlett Cocke Professor of Architecture and Planning, University of Texas

" This book couldn't be timelier. With the steamroller of globalization proceeding apace, this deeply researched and wide-ranging work provides thoughtful analyses of a diverse set of attempts to develop sustainable and socially just alternatives to our corporate-dominated, environmentally destructive, and inhumane global economy. Conceptually nuanced and politically vital, "Alternative Pathways in Science and Industry" is a book that scholars and activists alike will want to read." --Daniel Lee Kleinman, Professor of Rural Sociology and Science and Technology Studies, University of Wisconsin - Madison, author of "Impure Cultures: University Biology and the World of Commerce"

& quot; This book couldn't be timelier. With the steamroller of globalization proceeding apace, this deeply researched and wide-ranging work provides thoughtful analyses of a diverse set of attempts to develop sustainable and socially just alternatives to our corporate-dominated, environmentally destructive, and inhumane global economy. Conceptually nuanced and politically vital, Alternative Pathways in Science and Industry is a book that scholars and activists alike will want to read.& quot; --Daniel Lee Kleinman, Professor of Rural Sociology and Science and Technology Studies, University of Wisconsin - Madison, author of Impure Cultures: University Biology and the World of Commerce

& quot; This book is valuable in contributing to several literatures: social movements, globalization, science and technology studies, and civil society. It is unique as an STS treatment of sustainability. The book is theoretically rich and nuanced, written in very accessible language.& quot; -- Phil Brown, Department of Sociology and Center for Environmental Studies, Brown University

& quot; This book provides a hopeful and much-needed conceptual framework for understanding how civil society can positively influence science and technology in our era of globalization. Through the interpretive lenses of sociology and history, Hess has studied food cooperatives, alternative-energy producers, community-based recyclers, and other progressive organizations in an effort to identify more just and sustainable pathways of 'opposition and compromise.' His achievement is significant and will certainly influence not only scholars, but activists and professionals in any field who are concerned with the coevolution of society and the environment.& quot; -- Steven A. Moore, Bartlett Cocke Professor of Architecture and Planning, University of Texas

"This book couldn't be timelier. With the steamroller of globalization proceeding apace, this deeply researched and wide-ranging work provides thoughtful analyses of a diverse set of attempts to develop sustainable and socially just alternatives to our corporate-dominated, environmentally destructive, and inhumane global economy. Conceptually nuanced and politically vital, "Alternative Pathways in Science and Industry" is a book that scholars and activists alike will want to read."--Daniel Lee Kleinman, Professor of Rural Sociology and Science and Technology Studies, University of Wisconsin - Madison, author of "Impure Cultures: University Biology and the World of Commerce"