Allan Schnaiberg

About the Author

Allan Schnaiberg was a pioneering environmental sociologist whose work examined the relationships among economic growth, political institutions, environmental degradation, and collective action. He is especially associated with the treadmill of production perspective, which explains how pressures for continual economic expansion can intensify ecological strain and social conflict. Through rigorous yet accessible scholarship, Schnaiberg connected broad structural forces with the experiences of communities confronting environmental threats. His influential book, Local Environmental Struggles: Citizen Activism in the Treadmill of Production, remains a valuable contribution to environmental sociology and the study of citizen activism.