ABSTRACT
Climate, Science and Society: A Primer makes cutting-edge research on climate change accessible to student readers.
The primer consists of 37 short chapters organized within 11 parts written by Science and Technology Studies (STS) and other social science scholars. It covers a range of key topics including communication, justice and inequality, climate policy, and energy transitions, situating each one within the context of STS studies. Each reading translates a focused area of climate change research into short, accessible, and lively prose. Chapter authors open debates where relevant, consider policy implications, critique existing areas of research, and otherwise situate their reading within a larger body of research relevant to climate change courses.
Designed as a jumping-off point for further exploration, this innovative book will be essential reading for students studying climate change, STS, environmental sociology, and environmental sciences.
The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|26 pages
Climate Change Science as a Social Issue
chapter 1|8 pages
Future Times and Spaces
part II|20 pages
Theorizing Climate, Science, and Society
chapter 4|10 pages
We Cannot Afford Not to Perform Constructionist Studies of Mainstream Climate Science
chapter 5|8 pages
Political Economies of Climate Science
part III|27 pages
Media and Public Communication about Climate Change
chapter 7|8 pages
Public Communication and Perceptions of Climate Change in Brazil
chapter 8|8 pages
News and Social Media Imagery of Climate Change
part IV|26 pages
NGOs, Civil Society, and Social Movements
chapter 9|9 pages
Non-Governmental Organizations and the Environmental Movement
part V|34 pages
Climate Justice
part VI|32 pages
Climate Governance
chapter 18|9 pages
Consensus, National Self-Interest, and the Shaping of Climate Knowledge in IPCC Assessment Processes
part VII|28 pages
Energy, Sustainability, and Sociotechnical Transitions
chapter 21|6 pages
Configuring Markets and Transactions for Energy System Transition
part VIII|34 pages
Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience
part IX|22 pages
Art, Infrastructure, and Climate
part X|35 pages
Climate Engineering
chapter 33|8 pages
Making the 1.5°C Aspirational Climate Target Tangible with Carbon Dioxide Removal and Boundary Work
part XI|26 pages
Climate Futures