
Debating Climate Change: Pathways through Argument to Agreement - The Earthscan Science in Society Series (Paperback)
Elizabeth L. Malone (author)
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Published: 23/10/2009
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As greenhouse gas emissions continue unabated and contentious voices fill the air, the question gains urgency: How can people with widely varying viewpoints agree to address climate change? Each participant in the debate seems to have a different agenda, from protecting economic growth in developing countries to protecting the energy industry in industrialized countries, from those aghast at the damage done to the Earth to optimists who think we just need to adjust our technological approach. Debating Climate Change sorts through the tangle of arguments surrounding climate change to find paths to unexpected sites of agreement. Using an innovative sociological approach - combined discourse and social network analyses - Elizabeth L. Malone analyzes 100 documents representing a range of players in this high-stakes debate. Through this she shows how even the most implacable adversaries can find common ground - and how this common ground can be used to build agreement. Written in a clear, accessible style, this original research and insightful use of communication analysis will help advance understanding and negotiation on climate change throughout the pivotal times to come. Published with Science in Society
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN: 9781844078295
Number of pages: 160
Weight: 272 g
Dimensions: 234 x 156 x 15 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
'As climate change has moved from the science pages to the front page of the world's newspapers, this very timely book makes sense of the current debates in climate policy. With admirable rigour Elizabeth L. Malone demonstrates that despite the diversity of arguments, all is not yet lost and agreement is in reach.'
Dr Richard J.T. Klein, Stockholm Environment Institute
'Climate change calls for new engagement across partisan, disciplinary, and institutional divides. Elizabeth Malone's important new book helps us better understand these fault lines and find ways to bring people and ideas together.'
Barry Rabe, Professor, Gerald Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan
'The book is well written and takes the reader gradually through the analytical process...This is an interesting read for all those interested in the climate change debate'
Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers
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