SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE ENVIRONMENT – THE REFORMIST APPROACH

Author – Amrita Sharma, Student of Shri Vile Parle Kelavani Mandal’s Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Indore campus

Best Citation – Amrita Sharma, SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE ENVIRONMENT – THE REFORMIST APPROACH, INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LEGAL RESEARCH JOURNAL, 1 (1) of 2023, Pg. 18, ISBN (P) – 978-81-960702-1-2.

ABSTRACT

In the present paper, the reformist approach to environmental sociology is discussed. The Lovins and Paul Hawken in their book ‘Natural Capitalism’ talked about maintaining the environment in line with economic development. Frank Adloff and Sighard Neckel analyzed three approaches to sustainability and concluded that these theories can’t be practiced individually and rather can be practical in integration. Then Joseph Huber talked about ecological modernization which says that, due to defaults in the design of the present system, the present natural ecosystem gets disturbed, and devastated. However, these defaults are capable to be reformed. And reforms can be made by extending reflective knowledge and enabling modern thinking. The present theories talked about sustainability. They have great relevance and are applicable in the form of the Paris Agreement, the Kyoto Protocol, and the Sustainable Development Goals.