How culture shapes the climate change debate
"Though the scientific community largely agrees that climate change is underway, debates about this issue remain fiercely polarized. These conversations have become a rhetorical contest, one where opposing sides try to achieve victory through playing on fear, distrust, and intolerance. At its h...
Main Author: | Hoffman, Andrew J., 1961- (Author) |
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Format: | Books Print Book |
Language: | English |
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Stanford, California :
Stanford Briefs, an imprint of Stanford University Press,
2015.
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Table of Contents:
- A cultural schism
- Social psychology and the climate change debate
- Sources of organized resistance
- Bridging the cultural schism
- Historical analogies for cultural change
- The full scope.