What do you think of Beck’s belief that environmentalism is the defining issue of our time? Why does he believe this? Do you agree or disagree? What does the chapter say about the enduring primacy of economic conflicts?
What will be an ideal response?
Beck argues that the environment is leading to a major reconfiguration
of social conflict, shifting to non-class-based struggles over pollution and other
social and environmental bads. He says we are moving from conflicts over goods
to conflicts over bads. Beck argues that security id displacing freedom and
equality as the highest value. He believes this is so because of the increased risks
in society, the pervasive sense that we are out of control. What Beck misses,
though, is that environmental risks are not ‘democratic.’ Certainly some of them
are, but the rich are in a far better position to avoid the worst consequences of all
of these threats.
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Why does the search for scientific solutions to sustainability problems often involve conflicts?
What will be an ideal response?
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What will be an ideal response?
Match the fossil with the correct mode of fossilization
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