Review: Psychology of Sustainable Development

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Review: Psychology of Sustainable Development By Peter Schmuck and Wesley P. Schultz (Eds.) Reviewed by Taciano Lemos Milfont University of Alagoas, Maceio, Brazil Peter Schmuck, & Wesley P. Schultz (Eds.). Psychology of Sustainable Development. Norwell, MA: Kluwer Academic, 2002. 327 pp. ISBN 1-4020- 7012-8 (hardcover). US$125.00

A psychology book dedicated to sustainable development is comprehensible for the reason that ecological problems were created, and still are, by patterns of behaviour. Thus, there is a principal question that this book aims to answer: "How can psychology help in the development of a sustainable society?" The authors demonstrate that psychology has an …