Social Aspects of Environmental and Climate Change - Institutional Dynamics Beyond a Linear Model

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.

List of contents

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

About the author

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

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: E. C. H. Keskitalo, E. C. H. (Umea University Keskitalo
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9780367489977
• ISBN: 978-0-367-48997-7
• No. of pages: 182
• Series: Routledge Advances in Climate Change Research
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Miscellaneous; SCIENCE / Global Warming & Climate Change, Climate Change, NATURE / Ecology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy, environmental science, engineering & technology, Environmental science, engineering and technology