ABSTRACT
This chapter explores the analytical potentials of conceptual approaches from the fields of research for understanding 'entangled social inequalities', that is, inequalities that emerge at the intersections "between different regions as well as between diverse social categorisations". It reflects on the theoretical foundations and the assumption that only by overcoming the nature-society dualism is it possible to understand how nature interacts with the (re-)production and/or a reduction of unequal power relations. The chapter identifies analytical entry points for the study of social inequalities from a socio-ecological perspective. It develops an improved theoretical and methodological understanding of the relationship between nature and social inequalities by drawing on different fields of research. Independent of these promising relational approaches, relations between forms of social domination and representation of nature and social inequalities remain blind spots in most endeavors of understanding persistent social inequalities. The idea of a co-constitution of society and nature is most prominently encapsulated in the field of political ecology.
