Sociology and Sustainable Development. The Most Important Areas of Interdisciplinary Research
Paweł Rydzewski
Institute of Sociology, Faculty of Philosophy and Sociology, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin, Poland (Poland)
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8144-6340
Abstract
Sociology and sustainable development share many interesting areas of inquiry that offer the potential for closer cooperation between these two disciplines. The aim of the article is to examine the connections between them. The article considers the most promising areas; i.e, environmental issues (environmental sociology), quality of life (which is the key issue for the social pillar of sustainable development), and poverty (poverty eradication is the primary goal of the UN sustainable development agenda). It seems, however, that the cooperation between sociology and sustainable development has stopped at the stage of potential interdisciplinarity.
Keywords:
sociology, sustainable development, quality of life, poverty, environmental sociology, interdisciplinarityReferences
ASPE C., MARIE J., 2013, French Environmental Sociology Facing Interdisciplinary Research Across Social and Natural Sciences, 1st Annual International Interdisciplinary Conference, 24-26 April, Azores, Portugal, p. 315-321.
Google Scholar
ATKINSON R., SWANSTROM T., 2012, Poverty and Social Exclusion, in:, The Oxford Handbook of Urban Politics, eds. John P., Mossberger K., Clarke S.E., Oxford University Press, p. 1-18.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195367867.013.0017
Google Scholar
BARRETO TORRES L.D., ASMUS G.F., DA CAL SEIXAS S.R., 2019, Quality of Life and Sustainable Development, in: Encyclopedia of Sustainability in
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11352-0_26
Google Scholar
Higher Education, eds. Leal Filho W., Springer, Cham.
Google Scholar
BARTRAM D., 2012, Elements of a Sociological Contribution to Happiness Studies, in: Sociology Compass 6/8, p. 644-656.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1751-9020.2012.00483.x
Google Scholar
BOSTRÖM M., DAVIDSON D.J. (eds.), 2018, Environment and Society. Concepts and Challenges, Palgrave Macmillan, p. 1-394.
Google Scholar
BREMER J., 2016, Nauka o zrównoważeniu – w poszukiwaniu transdyscyplinarnej metodologii, in: Zagadnienia Naukoznawstwa, 1(207), p. 15- 33.
Google Scholar
CAMPBELL A., 1976, Subjective Measures of Wellbeing, in: American Psychologist, 31(2), p.117-124.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1037//0003-066X.31.2.117
Google Scholar
CATTON W. R., DUNLAP R. E., 1980, A New Ecological Paradigm for Post-Exuberant Sociology, in: American Behavioral Scientist, 24, p.15-47.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/000276428002400103
Google Scholar
CUMMINS R., 1996, The Domains of Life Satisfaction. An Attempt to Order Chaos, in: Social Indicators Research, 38, p. 303-328.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00292050
Google Scholar
CZIBERE I., 2014, The sociological context of poverty, in: Metszetek – Journal of Social Sciences, 1, p. 151-168.
Google Scholar
DEMPSEY N., BRAMLEY G., POWERS S., BROWN C., 2011, The Social Dimension of Sustainable Development: Defining Urban Social Sustainability, in: Sustainable Development, 19(5), p. 289-300.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/sd.417
Google Scholar
DUNLAP R. E., CATTON W. R., 1979, Environmental Sociology, in: Annual Review of Sociology, 5, p. 243-273.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.so.05.080179.001331
Google Scholar
DUNLAP R. E., CATTON W. R., 1994, Struggling with Human Exemptionalism: The Rise, Decline and Revitalization of Environmental Sociology, in: American Sociologist, 25, p. 5-30.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02691936
Google Scholar
DUNLAP R. E., MARSHALL B. K., 2007, Environmental Sociology, in 21st Century Sociology: A Reference Handbook, vol. 2, eds. Bryant C.D., Peck D.L., Thousand Oaks, Sage, p. 329-340.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4135/9781412939645.n95
Google Scholar
DUNLAP R. E., MARTIN K. E., 1983, Bringing Environment into the Study of Agriculture, in: Rural Sociology, 48, p. 201-218.
Google Scholar
FERRISS A. L., 2004, The Quality of Life Concept in Sociology, in: The American Sociologist, 35, p. 37-51.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12108-004-1016-3
Google Scholar
GLATZER W., L. CAMFIELD V., MØLLER M. (eds.), 2015, Global Handbook of Quality of Life. Exploration of Well-Being of Nations and Continents,
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9178-6
Google Scholar
Springer.
Google Scholar
GRAHAM C., 2018, Subjective Well-Being in Economics, in: Oxford Handbook of Well-Being and Public Policy, eds. Adler M.D., Fleurbaey M., The Oxford University Press, p. 1-30.
Google Scholar
GROSS M., HEINRICHS H. (eds.), 2009, Environmental Sociology European Perspectives and Interdisciplinary Challenges, Dordrecht, Springer.
Google Scholar
HANNINGAN J., 2006, Environmental Sociology, New York, Routledge.
Google Scholar
HEINRICHS H., GROSS M., 2010, Introduction: New Trends and Interdisciplinary Challenges in Environmental Sociology, in: Environmental Sociology. European Perspectives and Interdisciplinary Challenges, eds Gross M., Heinrichs H., Springer, p. 1-16.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-8730-0_1
Google Scholar
KASPER D., 2016, Re-conceptualizing (environmental) sociology, in: Environmental Sociology, 2(4), p. 322-332.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/23251042.2016.1197474
Google Scholar
LAND K.C., MICHALAOS A.C., SIRGY M.J. (eds.), 2012, Handbook of Social Indicators and Quality of Life Research, Springer, p. 1-593.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2421-1
Google Scholar
LEAL FILHO W., MARANS R.W., CALLEWAERT J. (eds.), 2018, Handbook of Sustainability and Social Science Research, Springer, p. 1-485.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67122-2
Google Scholar
LIDSKOG R., MOL A., OOSTERVEER P., 2015, Towards a Global Environmental Sociology? Legacies, Trends and Future Directions, in: Current Sociology, 63(3), p. 339-368.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0011392114543537
Google Scholar
LITTIG B., GRIESSLER E., 2005, Social Sustainability: Catchword between Political Pragmatism and Social Theory, in: International Journal of Sustainable Development, 8(l-2), p. 65-79.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1504/IJSD.2005.007375
Google Scholar
LIU Q-Q., YU M., WANG X.-L., 2015, Poverty reduction within the framework of SDGs and Post-2015 Development Agenda, in: Advances in Climate
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.accre.2015.09.004
Google Scholar
Change Research, 6, p. 67-73.
Google Scholar
LOCKIE S., 2016, Sustainability and the Future of Environmental Sociology, in: Environmental Sociology, 2(1), p. 1-4.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/23251042.2016.1142692
Google Scholar
MARCINKOWSKI T., REID A., 2019, Reviews of Research on the Attitude–Behavior Relationship and Their Implications for Future Environmental Education Research, in: Environmental Education Research, 25(4), p. 459-471.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13504622.2019.1634237
Google Scholar
MURPHY K., 2012, The Social Pillar of Sustainable Development: Literature Review and Framework for Policy Analysis, in: Sustainability: Science, Practice and Policy, 8(1), p. 15-29.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15487733.2012.11908081
Google Scholar
NECKEL S., (2017), The Sustainability Society: A Sociological Perspective, Culture, Practice & Europeanization, vol. 2, no. 2, p. 46-52.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5771/2566-7742-2017-2-46
Google Scholar
NOVACEK P., MEDERLY P., 2015, How to Measure Progress towards Quality of Life and Sustainability of Life, in: Ekologia, 34(1), p. 7-18.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/eko-2015-0002
Google Scholar
OUAHYB SUNDSBØ A., RUNKLE B.R.K., McMONAGLE S., JANTKE K., LOTTERMOSER F., GOTTSCHICK M., HASELER S., LOPEZ J. M. R., SCHEELE M., 2015, One Metaphor – Several
Google Scholar
Meanings: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Sustainable Development, in: Integrating Sustainability Thinking in Science and Engineering Curricula, eds. Filho Leal W. et al., World Sustainability Series, Springer International Publishing Switzerland, p. 197-213.
Google Scholar
PELLLOW D.N., BREHM H. N., 2013, An Environmental Sociology for the Twenty-First Century, in: Annual Review of Sociology, 39, p. 229-250.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-soc-071312-145558
Google Scholar
PETELEWICZ M., DRABOWICZ T., 2016, Jakość życia – globalnie i lokalnie. Pomiar i wizualizacja, Uniwersytet Łódzki.
Google Scholar
REDMOND G., 2014, Poverty and Social Exclusion, in: Handbook of Child Well-Being, eds. Ben-Arieh A. et al., Dordrecht, Springer Science, p. 1387-1426.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9063-8_57
Google Scholar
SAUVÉ S., BERNARD S., SLOAN P., 2016, Environmental Sciences, Sustainable Development and Circular Economy: Alternative Concepts for TransDisciplinary Research, in: Environmental Development, 17, p. 48-56.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envdev.2015.09.002
Google Scholar
SCHMITTER HEISLER B., 1991, A Comparative Perspective on the Underclass, Questions of Urban Poverty, Race, and Citizenship, in: Theory and Society, 20(4), p. 455-483.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00157322
Google Scholar
SCHUESSLER K. F., FISHER G. A., 1985, Quality of Life Research and Sociology, in: Annual Review of Sociology, 11, p. 129-149.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.soc.11.1.129
Google Scholar
SHILDRICK T., MACDONALD R., 2013, Poverty talk: how people experiencing poverty deny their poverty and why they blame ‘the poor’, in: The Sociological Review, 61(2), p. 285-303.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-954X.12018
Google Scholar
SHILDRICK T., RUCELL J., 2015, Sociological Perspectives on Poverty, Report, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Cambridge.
Google Scholar
SMEEDING T. M., 2002, Sociology of Poverty, LIS Working Paper Series, No. 315, Luxembourg Income Study, Luxembourg.
Google Scholar
SOBOL A., 2019, Quality of Life in Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, in: Scientific Papers of Silesian University of Technology, 140, p. 351-364.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.29119/1641-3466.2019.140.29
Google Scholar
SØRAKER J.H., VAN DER RIJT J.-W., DE BOER J., WONG P.-H., BREY P. (eds.), 2015, Well-Being in Contemporary Society, Springer, p. 1-236.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-06459-8
Google Scholar
The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2019, (2019), New York, United Nations, p. 1-62.
Google Scholar
TRZEBIATOWSKI J., 2011, Jakość życia w perspektywie nauk społecznych i medycznych – systematyzacja ujęć definicyjnych, in: Hygeia Public Health, 46(1), p. 25-31.
Google Scholar
TUTTLE R.C., 1989, Poverty Over the Family Life Cycle, in: Family and Economic Issues, 10(4), p. 267-291.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00986863
Google Scholar
UNITED NATIONS, 2012, The Future We Want, Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, Rio de Janeiro, 20-22 June 2012, p. 1-72.
Google Scholar
UNITED NATIONS, 2014a, Report of the Open Working Group of the General Assembly on Sustainable Development Goals, p. 1-24.
Google Scholar
UNITED NATIONS, 2014b, The Road to Dignity by 2030: Ending Poverty, Transforming All Lives and Protecting the Planet, Synthesis Report of the Secretary-General On the Post-2015 Agenda, New York, p. 1-47.
Google Scholar
UNITED NATIONS, 2015, Millennium Development Goals Report 2015, New York, p. 1-73.
Google Scholar
WHOQOL Group, 1995, The WHO Quality of Life Assessment: Position Paper of the WHO, in: Social Science and Medicine, 4(10), p. 1403-1409.
Google Scholar
WIERZCHOSŁAWSKI S., 1996, Wielodyscyplinowość i interdyscyplinarność statystycznych badań zjawisk społecznych, in: Ruch Prawniczy, Ekonomiczny i Socjologiczny, 85(1), p. 85-101.
Google Scholar
VAVIK T., KEITSCH M., 2010, Exploring Relationships between Universal Design and Social Sustainable Development: Some Methodological Aspects to the Debate on the Sciences of Sustainability, in: Sustainable Development, 18(5), p. 295-305.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/sd.480
Google Scholar
VEENHOVEN R., 2007, Quality of Life Research, in: 21st. Century Sociology, A Reference Handbook, eds. Bryant C.D., Peck D.L., Sage, Thousand Oaks, p. 54-62.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4135/9781412939645.n64
Google Scholar
ZIELIŃSKI T., SAGAN I., SUROSZ W. (eds.), 2018, Interdisciplinary Approaches for Sustainable Development Goals. Economic Growth, Social Inclusion and Environmental Protection, Springer, p. 1-245.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71788-3
Google Scholar
Authors
Paweł RydzewskiInstitute of Sociology, Faculty of Philosophy and Sociology, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin, Poland Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8144-6340
Statistics
Abstract views: 35PDF downloads: 16
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.