The Social Construction of Climate Change: Power, Knowledge, Norms, Discourses (Global Environmental Governance) - Hardcover

Book 3 of 20: Global Environmental Governance
 
9780754648024: The Social Construction of Climate Change: Power, Knowledge, Norms, Discourses (Global Environmental Governance)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0754648028 ISBN 13: 9780754648024
Publisher: Routledge, 2007

Synopsis

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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About the Author

Mary E. Pettenger, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Western Oregon University, Monmouth Oregon, USA

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2007
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0754648028
ISBN 13 
9780754648024
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
280
Editor
Pettenger Mary E.