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This bold and passionate textbook has become a go-to introduction to current and emerging thinking on the social dimensions of climate change, presenting key concepts and frameworks for understanding the multifaceted connections between climate and society.

Using clear language and powerful examples, Robin Leichenko and Karen O''Brien explore the varied social drivers, impacts, and responses to climate change. They highlight the important roles that worldviews, values, and especially in this updated edition emotions play in shaping interpretations of climate challenges. They include additional material on climate justice and equity, eco-centric discourses, paradigm shifts, and other topics. Situating climate change within the context of a rapidly changing world, the book demonstrates how dynamic political, economic, and environmental contexts amplify risks, often unequally for different groups based on race, gender, wealth, and location. Yet these shifting conditions als

Climate and Society

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      Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Published 1/24/2024
      ISBN-13 9781509559282
      978-1509559282
      ISBN-10 1509559280
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      Sociology and anthropology

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This bold and passionate textbook has become a go-to introduction to current and emerging thinking on the social dimensions of climate change, presenting key concepts and frameworks for understanding the multifaceted connections between climate and society.

      Using clear language and powerful examples, Robin Leichenko and Karen O''Brien explore the varied social drivers, impacts, and responses to climate change. They highlight the important roles that worldviews, values, and especially in this updated edition emotions play in shaping interpretations of climate challenges. They include additional material on climate justice and equity, eco-centric discourses, paradigm shifts, and other topics. Situating climate change within the context of a rapidly changing world, the book demonstrates how dynamic political, economic, and environmental contexts amplify risks, often unequally for different groups based on race, gender, wealth, and location. Yet these shifting conditions als

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