Living in Denial : Climate Change, Emotions, and Everyday Life /

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Norgaard, Kari Marie (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2011.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Umweltbewusstsein.
Psychologie.
Klimaänderung.
Ablehnung.
Verleugnung.
Partizipation.
Umweltschutz.
Umweltpolitik.
Psychologie
Bürgerbeteiligung
Alltagsbewusstsein
Umweltbewusstsein
Klimaschutz
Klimaänderung
Environmental policy > Citizen participation.
SCIENCE > Environmental Science.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Human Geography.
Climat > Changements > Aspect psychologique.
Climatic changes > Psychological aspects.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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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