How Culture Shapes the Climate Change Debate.

By: Hoffman, Andrew JContributor(s): Andrew, HoffmanMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Palo Alto : Stanford University Press, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Description: 1 online resource (121 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780804795050Subject(s): Climatic changes -- United States -- Public opinion | Political culture -- United States | Public opinion -- United States | Science -- United States -- Public opinion | Social psychology -- United StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: How Culture Shapes the Climate Change DebateDDC classification: 304.2/50973 LOC classification: QC903Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. A Cultural Schism -- 2. Social Psychology and the Climate Change Debate -- 3. Sources of Organized Resistance -- 4. Bridging the Cultural Schism -- 5. Historical Analogies for Cultural Change -- 6. The Full Scope -- Notes.
Summary: Rather thanpointers to improve the dialogue about this pressing issue in hopes of finding common ground. attributing fault lines in the climate debate to rival scientific theories, this brief argues that the public is split by opposing cultural views through which science is interpreted. After considering how the media, social norms, and psychological factors cause us to accept or reject climate change, Andrew J. Hoffman provides.
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Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. A Cultural Schism -- 2. Social Psychology and the Climate Change Debate -- 3. Sources of Organized Resistance -- 4. Bridging the Cultural Schism -- 5. Historical Analogies for Cultural Change -- 6. The Full Scope -- Notes.

Rather thanpointers to improve the dialogue about this pressing issue in hopes of finding common ground. attributing fault lines in the climate debate to rival scientific theories, this brief argues that the public is split by opposing cultural views through which science is interpreted. After considering how the media, social norms, and psychological factors cause us to accept or reject climate change, Andrew J. Hoffman provides.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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