Environmental Issues and Social Welfare: Broadening Perspectives in Social Policy

Following an introduction by the editors which assesses how social scientists have contributed to the greening of social policy, a series of ten articles by leading scholars in the field pursues three key themes:

• The nature of green political and social theory


• Policy areas where environmental considerations are paramount


• Pathways to sustainability

These papers represent the best current scholarship on the realignment of social policy to confront environmental issues. Taken together, they present a challenging socio-environmental agenda for social policy.