The social construction of climate change : power, knowledge, norms, discourses / edited by Mary E. Pettenger.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pettenger, Mary E.

Series:

Global environmental governance series

Global environmental governance

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Climatic changes--Social aspects.

Climatic changes.

Climatic changes--Government policy.

Greenhouse gas mitigation--International cooperation.

Greenhouse gas mitigation.

Physical Description:

xxi, 255 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2007]

Contents:

Introduction : power, knowledge and the social construction of climate change / Mary E. Pettenger

Norm-centered perspective

Measuring the domestic salience of international environmental norms : climate change norms in American, German and British climate : policy debates / Loren R. Cass

The Netherlands' climate change policy : constructing themselves/constructing climate change / Mary E. Pettenger

The rise of Japanese climate change policy : balancing the norms : economic growth, energy efficiency, international contribution and environmental protection / Takashi Hattori

Constructing progressive climate change norms : the US in the early 2000s / Cathleen Fogel

Discourse analytical perspective

Climate governance beyond 2012 : competing discourses of green governmentality, ecological modernization and civic environmentalism / Karin Bäckstrand and Eva Lövbrand

Singing climate change into existence : on the territorialization of climate policymaking / Matthew Paterson and Johannes Stripple

Trust through participation? : problems of knowledge in climate decision making / Myanna Lahsen

Disrupting the global discourse of climate change : the case of indigenous voices / Heather A. Smith

Presence of mind as working climate change knowledge : a totonac cosmopolitics / William D. Smith

Conclusion : the constructions of climate change / Loren R. Cass and Mary E. Pettenger.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780754648024

0754648028

OCLC:

78993978