The Social Construction of Climate Change
Book Name : The Social Construction of Climate Change
Pettenger , Publisher: Ashgаte Рublishing | 2007 | ISBN: 0754648028 | File type: PDF | 255 pages | 1.34 mb
Focusing on the roles of norms and discourses, this timely collection demonstrates that there are many ways to frame the issue of climate change. The result is an insightful account of the policy process in which those with power in the material sense seek to develop and impose a hegemonic discourse regarding climate change, while others turn to the power of ideas to articulate perspectives more sensitive to their own concerns.’ Professor Oran R. Young, Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, UC Santa Barbara, USA demonstrates the value of a constructivist approach in understanding the nature and intensity of political struggles around the issue of climate change. It is rich in historical detail and provides a sophisticated empirical application of constructivist thinking in international relations.’ Michele Betsill, Associate Professor of Political Science, Colorado State University, USA. Adopting two constructivist perspectives – norm-centred and discourse – to explore the social construction of climate change from a broad, theoretical level to particular cases, this volume offers a greater understanding of why current efforts to mitigate climate change have failed and provides academics and policy makers with a new understanding of this important topic. Individuals, international organizations and states are calling for the world to confront climate change. Efforts such as the Kyoto Protocol have produced intractable disputes and are deemed inadequate. This volume adopts two constructivist perspectives – norm-centred and discourse – to explore the social construction of climate change from a broad, theoretical level to particular cases. The contributors contend that climate change must be understood from the context of social settings, and that we ignore at our peril how power and knowledge structures are generated. They offer a greater understanding of why current efforts to mitigate climate change have failed and provide academics and policy makers with a new understanding of this important topic.
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