Routledge Sustainable Practices: Social Theory and Climate Change - Routledge

Climate change represents one of the greatest challenges facing modern society, and addressing it demands fundamentally new ways of living and resource consumption. This Routledge Advances in Sociology volume moves beyond narrow individual-choice frameworks to explore how social sciences can transform our understanding of sustainability. Drawing on contributions from sociology, geography, economics and philosophy, the book applies social theories of practice to reveal how collective behaviours, institutional structures and cultural contexts shape our capacity to mitigate and adapt to climate change. Rather than relying solely on individual agency and consumer choice, the contributors demonstrate how practice-based approaches can unlock more effective pathways toward genuinely sustainable lifestyles and systems. This interdisciplinary work is essential for anyone seeking to understand the social dimensions of environmental change and the practical mechanisms through which societies can transition to lower-impact ways of living.