Living in denial : climate change, emotions, and everyday life

Living in denial : climate change, emotions, and everyday life / Kari Marie Norgaard.

Global warming is the most significant environmental issue of our time, yet public response in Western nations has been meager. Why have so few taken any action? In this book sociologist Kari Norgaard searches for answers to this question.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Norgaard, Kari Marie (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2011.
Subjects:
Climatic changes > Psychological aspects.
Environmental policy > Citizen participation.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Human Geography.
SCIENCE > Environmental Science.
Environmental policy > Citizen participation
Klimaänderung
Klimaschutz
Umweltbewusstsein
Alltagsbewusstsein
Bürgerbeteiligung
Psychologie
Umweltpolitik.
Umweltschutz.
Partizipation.
Verleugnung.
Ablehnung.
Klimaänderung.
Psychologie.
Umweltbewusstsein.
Environment and ecology.
dissertations.
Academic theses
Academic theses.
Thèses et écrits académiques.
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Table of Contents:
  • Boundaries and moral order : an introduction to life in Bygdaby
  • "Experiencing" global warming : troubling events and public silence
  • "People want to protect themselves a little bit" : the why of denial
  • The cultural tool kit, part one : cultural cultural norms of attention, emotion, and conversation
  • The cultural tool kit, part two : telling stories of mythic nations
  • Climate change as background noise in the United States.

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