Hope for a Cause as Cause for Hope: The Need for Hope in Environmental Sociology

Hope is a crucial component of agency involving the setting of goals, visualization of obstacles, and increasing willpower in the effort of achieving a desired goal. This hope is not simply optimism and is potentially a bridge between structure and agency. Yet, the powers of hope in sociology have been greatly unexplored including the ability of collective hope to create social change. This lack of hope is particularly poignant in environmental sociology as the sub-discipline looks for solutions to some of the greatest challenges humanity and the planet faces. This article discusses the undercurrent of pessimism in environmental sociology and calls for the integration of hope as it is necessary for generating potential social environmental change.     

Implementing the ecological approach in tobacco control programs: results of a case study

The ‘new public health’ has stimulated calls to adopt an ecological approach for action aimed at improving population health. However, the implementation of ecological programs has often remained a challenge. The objective of this study was to identify factors facilitating the implementation of ecological tobacco control programming in two Public Health Departments in Québec (Canada) using Scheirer's model of program implementation as a conceptual framework and an exemplary case study design. Analysis revealed two distinct configurations of environmental, organizational and professional characteristics that were related to equally successful implementations of the framework. Key roles for factors such as provincial ministerial guidelines and financial resources, human resources, and relationships and alliances with other organizations, were highlighted. These results replicate findings from quantitative surveys and allow better understanding of the conditions required for planning ecological programming.     

Transforming Social Work Curricula: Institutional Supports for Promoting Sustainability

Due to the centrality of human rights and social justice in the profession, social work must collectively take a stand on ecological degradation and the climate crisis. Overall, social work education's engagement with issues of sustainability and an expanded ecological justice perspective has been peripheral and piecemeal. It is crucial that social work education expand opportunities to prepare social workers to respond to the global environmental crisis. This conceptual paper considers strategies for integrating environmental content in social work curricula and addresses the essential role of institutional supports for curricular change and professional development focused on sustainability. The role of institutional supports to advance curricular change to respond to environmental crises and promote sustainability is highlighted, along with specific examples from the authors' home institution, including (1) institutional commitment and culture, (2) curricular supports and guidelines, and (3) interdisciplinary faculty development.     

生态设计艺术研究的风向标——读刘文良《后现代语境下的生态设计艺术》

刘文良教授《后现代语境下的生态设计艺术》一书,聚焦于当前生态设计面临的诸多困惑,问题意识与对策探求有机统一,宏观把握与微观研究相得益彰,学术性与可读性完美契合,为其健康发展献上了系列应对之策,堪为当前生态设计艺术研究之“风向标”。     

环境史视野与经济史研究--以农史为中心的思考

环境史把人与自然结合起来进行总体的动态的考察,自然环境被视为积极参与历史活剧演出的能动因素。这种思想对史学的发展具有革命性的意义。用环境史的视野(即现代生态理念)观察经济史,可以在一些重大问题上——如自然对经济活动的“参与”,人类对自然环境的“应对”,资源供给的有限性和消费需求的无限性的矛盾等等——加深或刷新我们的认识,使之成为经济史学科新的生长点。马克思、恩格斯对人与自然的关系作了深刻的辩证的分析。环境史研究可以从马克思主义那里获得理论支持和理论指导,马克思主义史学理论也可以从环境史的学术实践中获得丰富和发展。     

环境与经济如何双赢--环境库兹涅茨曲线引发的思考

环境库兹涅茨曲线揭示了环境污染与人均收入水平之间存在倒"U"形关系,20世纪90年代后,西方环境经济学界的许多研究不断证实或充实了这一结论.在明确环境库兹涅茨曲线的作用机理和作用条件的基础上,发展中国家完全有可能利用后发优势,突破该曲线,缩小环境与经济两难区间,扩大双赢区间.我国目前仍处于环境与经济两难区间,可通过合理的政策调控、提高环境意识、积极培植可持续发展"实验田"等措施,超越传统的单纯依靠经济实力治理环境的思路,尽快走出两难境地,实现生态环境建设的跨越式发展.     

十八大以来国内生态文明制度建设研究综述

十八大召开以来,国内学者针对十八大报告中所提出的生态文明制度建设展开了积极的探索与研究。当前的研究主要集中于生态文明制度的定义、生态文明制度建设的理论基础、生态环境管理制度的创新与完善、政府生态行政制度体系的健全、正式制度的完善与健全、非正式制度的引导和推广以及生态文明的实现路径等七个方面。但总的来说学术界对于生态文明制度的研究多集中于具体制度,对于基本制度和根本制度的研究需加强。     

我国小城镇生态环境建设研究简

小城镇建设是国家宏观经济管理的重要组成部分,更是新型城镇化发展的突破口和有效途径。生态环境下的小城镇建设是“十二五“规划的组成内容,小城镇的生态建设不仅对国民经济效益的整体提高起到至关重要的作用,也促进了农民收入的提高。但是由于很多小城镇在建设过程中只注重经济效益,从而忽略了对环境的保护,对生态环境造成严重的破坏,城镇建设也缺乏整体规划。因此,我们不仅应从道路、环境等各方面加强小城镇的整体建设,还应树立全民环保的意识,努力建设生态化、现代化的新型小城镇。     

生态社会主义的资本主义危机理论——基于詹姆斯·奥康纳《自然的理由》

詹姆斯·奥康纳以制度批判为视角,通过分析资本主义的生产方式、基本矛盾、生态危机及其相互之间的关系,批判了资本主义制度的反生态本性。资本扩张的逻辑决定了资本主义在资本积累、扩大再生产、发展经济时必然要以牺牲生态环境为代价,并将自身的生态危机向全球扩散。资本主义的双重矛盾带来了经济与生态双重危机,资本主义依靠自身的力量无法摆脱双重危机的包围,结果必然是资本主义走向不可持续性的道路。奥康纳对资本主义制度的生态学批判既有积极的意义,也有一定的理论缺陷。     

企业内部控制中存在的问题与对策

内部控制是企业经营活动中强化内部会计监督,进行自我调节和自我约束的内在机制。我国企业在内部控制环境、会计责权控制和内部审计方面存在一些问题,必须建立健全企业内部控制机制。推动企业内部控制目标的实现,实现企业价值最大化。