E. C. H. Keskitalo

The Social Aspects of Environmental and Climate Change (eBook, PDF)

Institutional Dynamics Beyond a Linear Model

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book critically examines the prominence of natural science framing in mainstream climate change research, and demonstrates why climate change really is a social issue. It will be an essential resource for students and scholars in sustainability, environmental studies, climate change, and related fields.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Dezember 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000532531
• Artikelnr.: 62950773

Autorenporträt

E. Carina H. Keskitalo is Professor of Political Science at the Department of Geography, Umeå University, Sweden.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Aim and scope of the book 2. The origins of climate change research and
assumptions within the field 3. The role of theory and case studies in
social science: means to understanding institutions and contextualising
instruments 4.The complex of issues influencing action on climate change:
examples from forestry and multi-level cases 5. Why knowledge is not
enough: limits to communication and learning 6. Why understanding
stakeholder participation requires understanding power and institutions 7.
Understanding environment, society, and scale: why outcomes of the same
types of measures are not the same everywhere, and local level is not only
local 8. Conclusion: implications of an institutional understanding