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Application of sociological mind and methods into ecological issues is Environmental Sociology. In this textbook, related topics go as follows: The way scientists regarded the nature in the past; examples of preventable disasters in contemporary times and the lessons taken; ; neo-Malthusianism; societal-environmental dialectic; environmentalism as a growing and "spreading" philosophy; the far history of environmentalism; origins of the modern environmental movement; environmental equity; reactions to pollution; "mainstream" versus other types of environmental groups (like grassroots currents); social consciousness & the role of media regarding the protection of nature; adverse effects of poaching (illegal hunting); animal-friendly scenes from Turkish Republic´s social life; inappropriate ways of fishing in seas and oceans; a true friend of green: Tarzan of Manisa in Turkey in former years; social aspect of water; water and religion.

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€aya, Sinan
Sinan €aya, Ph.D., is a member of the Sociology Department of Istinye University, in Istanbul. He had his lycée and undergraduate and MBA education in Istanbul. His two Ph.D degrees are from Hacettepe and METU, in Ankara. €aya also reads French and German. He gave courses at Marmara, Istanbul and Bogazi‡i universities.

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