Environmental Issues And Social Inequalities

Environmental issues and social inequalities exist in human society have had with the development of social productive forces and changes in different historical periods have different environmental problems and social inequalities.Along with social development, environmental problems emerging and continuing deterioration of the trend towards the development of the consequences is the ecosystem imbalance, the situation has seriously threatened the survival of mankind and conditions, human well-being and interests. Environmental problems of human society and human material and spiritual losses; Violated human society groups values and norms; Has lasted a long time; Different social status groups make different evaluations, it is difficult to reach a consensus solution, In other words, the environment has elements of the social problems and therefore become social problems, were incorporated into the sociological perspective.Sociological research on environmental issues, is responsible for environmental issues to social issues all institutional integration analysis. When growing environmental problems, from the social life of issues central to the rise, from different levels highlight social inequalities. Sociological research vision of social inequality holding two views -- functional theory, and conflict. Judging from the current environmental problems specific social inequalities, functions, and the inevitable conflict with the theory of the existence of their error : function, to some extent, social functioning and reveals the link between environmental issues, but to ignore its limitations...