Sociology 2140 Chapter 13: Chapter 13
16 Dec 2017
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A striking example of the permeability of international borders to pollution is the spread of toxic chemicals (such as pcbs) from the southern hemisphere into the arctic. As patterns of consumption in developing countries increasingly follow those in wealthier western nations, so do the problems associated with overconsumption: depletion of natural resources, pollution, and global warming. The growth of transnational corporations and free trade agreements. Transnational corporations have been implicated in environmentally destructive activities from mining and cutting timber to dumping toxic waste. Transnational corporations have influenced the world"s most powerful nations to institutionalize an international system of governance that values commercialism, corporate rights, and free trade over the environment, human rights, worker rights, and human health. Emphasizes the interdependence between human beings and the natural environment. From this perspective, human actions, social patterns, and cultural values affect the environment, and, in turn, the environment affects social life.
