Culture And Global Change

Author : Tim Allen,Tracey Skelton
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2005-06-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781134771585

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Culture and Global Change presents a comprehensive introduction to the cultural aspects of third world development. It contains 25 chapters from leading writers in the field who each explore a particular aspect of 'culture' and the significance and meaning of cultural issues for different people in throughout the contemporary world. With chapters dealing with the importance of 'Third World' cultures but also with changes in Russia, Japan, the USA and the UK, this book considers the relationship between culture and development within a truly global context.

Author : Andrew J. Hoffman
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2015-03-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780804795050

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How Culture Shapes the Climate Change Debate by Andrew J. Hoffman Pdf

Though the scientific community largely agrees that climate change is underway, debates about this issue remain fiercely polarized. These conversations have become a rhetorical contest, one where opposing sides try to achieve victory through playing on fear, distrust, and intolerance. At its heart, this split no longer concerns carbon dioxide, greenhouse gases, or climate modeling; rather, it is the product of contrasting, deeply entrenched worldviews. This brief examines what causes people to reject or accept the scientific consensus on climate change. Synthesizing evidence from sociology, psychology, and political science, Andrew J. Hoffman lays bare the opposing cultural lenses through which science is interpreted. He then extracts lessons from major cultural shifts in the past to engender a better understanding of the problem and motivate the public to take action. How Culture Shapes the Climate Change Debate makes a powerful case for a more scientifically literate public, a more socially engaged scientific community, and a more thoughtful mode of public discourse.

Author : Tim Allen,Tracey Skelton
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 529 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2005-06-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781134771578

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Culture and Global Change by Tim Allen,Tracey Skelton Pdf

Culture and Global Change presents a comprehensive introduction to the cultural aspects of third world development. It contains 25 chapters from leading writers in the field who each explore a particular aspect of 'culture' and the significance and meaning of cultural issues for different people in throughout the contemporary world. With chapters dealing with the importance of 'Third World' cultures but also with changes in Russia, Japan, the USA and the UK, this book considers the relationship between culture and development within a truly global context.

Author : Lourdes Arizpe S.,Fernanda Paz,Margarita Veláquez
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Deforestation
ISBN : 0472083481

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Culture and Global Change by Lourdes Arizpe S.,Fernanda Paz,Margarita Veláquez Pdf

Offers a model for how to gather information on the human dimensions of global change

Author : John Bird,Barry Curtis,Tim Putnam,Lisa Tickner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2012-09-10
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781134912902

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Mapping the Futures by John Bird,Barry Curtis,Tim Putnam,Lisa Tickner Pdf

There are now new experiences of space and time; new tensions between globalism and regionalism, socialism and consumerism, reality and spectacle; new instabilities of value, meaning and identity - a dialectic between past and future. How are we to understand these? Mapping the Futures is the first of a series which brings together cultural theorists from different disciplines to assess the implications of economic, political and social change for intellectual inquiry and cultural practice.

Author : Daniel Denison,Robert Hooijberg,Nancy Lane,Colleen Lief
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2012-06-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781118235102

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Leading Culture Change in Global Organizations by Daniel Denison,Robert Hooijberg,Nancy Lane,Colleen Lief Pdf

Filled with case studies from firms such as GT Automotive, GE Healthcare China, Vale, Dominos, Swiss Re Americas Division, and Polar Bank, among others, this book (written by Dan Denison and his co-authors) combines twenty years of research and survey results to illustrate a critical set of cultural dynamics that firms need to manage in order to remain competitive. Each chapter uses a case as a means to illustrate an important aspect of culture change focusing on seven common culture-change dilemmas including creating a strategic alignment, keeping strategy simple, and more.

Author : Tatiana Prorokova-Konrad
Publisher : Energy and Society
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2020-10
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1949199649

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Transportation and the Culture of Climate Change by Tatiana Prorokova-Konrad Pdf

This interdisciplinary collection of eleven original essays focuses on the environmental impact of transportation, which is, as Tatiana Prorokova-Konrad and Brian C. Black note in their introduction, responsible for 26 percent of global energy use. Approaching mobility not solely as a material, logistical question but as a phenomenon mediated by culture, the book interrogates popular assumptions deeply entangled with energy choices. Rethinking transportation, the contributors argue, necessarily involves fundamental understandings of consumption, freedom, and self. The essays in Transportation and the Culture of Climate Change cover an eclectic range of subject matter, from the association of bicycles with childhood to the songs of Bruce Springsteen, but are united in a central conviction: "Transport is a considerable part of our culture that is as hard to transform as it is for us to stop using fossil fuels--but we do not have an alternative."

Author : Jessica Barnes,Michael R. Dove
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2015-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780300198812

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Climate Cultures by Jessica Barnes,Michael R. Dove Pdf

Climate change is one of the most pressing issues of our times, yet global solutions have proved elusive. This book draws together cutting-edge anthropological research to uncover new ways of approaching the critical questions that surround climate change. Leading anthropologists engage in three major areas of inquiry: how climate change issues have been framed in previous times compared to present-day discourse, how knowledge about climate change and its impacts is produced and interpreted by different groups, and how imagination plays a role in shaping conceptions of climate change.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2015-09-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781785603600

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Climate Change, Culture, and Economics by Anonim Pdf

It is becoming increasingly difficult to deny that human activity is a factor in global climate change. This special volume of REA facilitates readers to better understand the ways in which people around the world have adapted (or failed to adapt) culturally to changing economic conditions caused by climate change.

Author : Joe Smith,Renata Tyszczuk,Robert Butler
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0955753430

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Culture and Climate Change by Joe Smith,Renata Tyszczuk,Robert Butler Pdf

Author : Susan A Crate,Mark Nuttall
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2016-06-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781315434759

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Anthropology and Climate Change by Susan A Crate,Mark Nuttall Pdf

The first book to comprehensively assess anthropology’s engagement with climate change, this pioneering volume both maps out exciting trajectories for research and issues a call to action. Chapters in part one are systematic research reviews, covering the relationship between culture and climate from prehistoric times to the present; changing anthropological discourse on climate and environment; the diversity of environmental and sociocultural changes currently occurring around the globe; and the unique methodological and epistemological tools anthropologists bring to bear on climate research. Part two includes a series of case studies that highlights leading-edge research—including some unexpected and provocative findings. Part three challenges scholars to be proactive on the front lines of climate change, providing instruction on how to work in with research communities, with innovative forms of communication, in higher education, in policy environments, as individuals, and in other critical arenas. Linking sophisticated knowledge to effective actions, Anthropology and Climate Change is essential for students and scholars in anthropology and environmental studies.

Author : Mike Hulme
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2016-06-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781473959033

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Weathered by Mike Hulme Pdf

Focussing on the origins and cultures of the idea of climate, this discipline-spanning, authoritative text provides readers with an exciting addition to the literature

Author : Giuseppe Feola,Hilary Geoghegan,Alex Arnall
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2019-10-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781108422505

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Climate and Culture by Giuseppe Feola,Hilary Geoghegan,Alex Arnall Pdf

Discusses how culture both facilitates and inhibits our ability to address, live with, and make sense of climate change.

Author : Arnulf Grübler
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2003-10-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 0521543320

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Technology and Global Change by Arnulf Grübler Pdf

This is the first book to comprehensibly describe how technology has shaped society and the environment over the last 200 years. It will be useful for researchers, as a textbook for graduate students, for people engaged in long-term policy planning in industry and government, for environmental activists, and for the wider public interested in history, technology, or environmental issues.

Author : Juliet Pinto,Robert E. Gutsche Jr.,Paola Prado
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2019-10-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781787699670

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Climate Change, Media & Culture by Juliet Pinto,Robert E. Gutsche Jr.,Paola Prado Pdf

The acceleration of global climate change creates a nexus for the examination of power, political rhetoric, science communication, and sustainable development. This book takes an international view of twenty first century environmental communication to critically explore mediated expressions of climate change.