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Political Science

Meadowcroft, J. (1999). “The Politics of Sustainable Development :
Emergent Arenas and Challenges for Political Science.” International
Political Science Review 20: 219-237.

Wapner, B. P. (1995). “Environmental Activism and World Civic
Politics.” World Politics 47: 311-340.

Thiele, L. P. (1999). “Evolutionary Narratives and Ecological Ethics.”
Political Theory 27: 6-38.

Bell, D. R. (2004). “Creating green citizens? Political liberalism and
environmental education.” Journal of Philosophy of Education 38: 37-54.

Whitemon, D. (2003). “Teaching Green: Experimenting with Green Values
in the Classroom.” Political Science 36: 87-91.

Halfacre, A. C., K. A. Owens, et al. (2011). “The Green Building
Project: Promoting Political Science Learning Through a Collaborative
Research Approach.” Political Science 37: 297-302.

Psychology

Arbuthnott, K. D. (2009). “Education for sustainable development
beyond attitude change.” International Journal of Sustainability in
Higher Education 10: 152-163.

Sociology

Latour, B. (2007). A Plea for Earthly Sciences. 2007 Keynote Lecture
for the British Sociological Association.

Anthropology

Escobar, A. (1988). “Power and visibility: development and the
invention and management of the Third World.” Cultural Anthropology
3(4).

Geography

Keleman, A. and J. Hellin (2009). “Specialty Maize Varieties in
Mexico: A Case Study in Market-Driven Agro-Biodiversity Conservation.”
Journal of Latin American Geography 8: 147-174.

Piers Blaikie, “A Review of Political Ecology,” Zeitschrift Fur
Wirtschaftsgeographie (1999).

Economics

Daly, H. E. (1990). “Toward Some Operational Principles of
Sustainable Development.” Ecological Economics 2.

Methodology

Corcoran, P. B., K. E. Walker, et al. (2004). “Case studies,
make-your-case studies, and case stories.” Environmental Education
Research 10: 7-21.

Yuan, L. L. (2001). “Quality of life case studies for university
teaching in sustainable development.” International Journal of
Sustainability in Higher Education 2: 127-138.

Overviews in the Social Sciences

Exploring Uncommon Ground: Sustainability and the Social Sciences

Programs in Social Science Sustainability

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