The paper indicates how a critical sociology could contribute to environmental impact assessment (EIA). It argues how sociologists must become involved in evaluating the EIA process itself. Topics examined include: how EIA ...

Sherman et al describe how decisions affecting public health and the environment are made at the local administrative level in Alberta Canada and how the present law was used to exclude environmentalists from raising ...

Political struggle at the local level is out of fashion. In today’s increasingly “globalized” world, appeals to the local can often appear parochial and tradition-bound. Determining whether effective political responses ...