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

ISBN-13: 9780367489960 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 182 str.

E. C. H. Keskitalo

Opis

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.

Spis treści

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