Changing the Atmosphere: Expert Knowledge and Environmental Governance - Couverture souple

 
9780262632195: Changing the Atmosphere: Expert Knowledge and Environmental Governance
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ISBN 10 : 0262632195 ISBN 13 : 9780262632195
Editeur : MIT Press, 2001

Synopsis

In recent years, Earth systems science has advanced rapidly, helping to transform climate change and other planetary risks into major political issues. Changing the Atmosphere strengthens our understanding of this important link between expert knowledge and environmental governance. In so doing, it illustrates how the emerging field of science and technology studies can inform our understanding of the human dimensions of global environmental change.

Incorporating historical, sociological, and philosophical approaches, Changing the Atmosphere presents detailed empirical studies of climate science and its uptake into public policy. Topics include the scientific, political, and social processes involved in the creation of scientific knowledge about climate change; the historical and contemporary role of expert knowledge in creating and perpetuating policy concern about climate change; and the place of science in institutions of global environmental governance such as the World Meteorological Organization, the Framework Convention on Climate Change, and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Together, the essays demonstrate fundamental connections between the science and politics of planet Earth. In the struggle to create sustainable forms of environmental governance, they indicate, a necessary first step is to understand how communities achieve credible, authoritative representations of nature.

Contributors
Paul N. Edwards, Dale Jamieson, Sheila Jasanoff, Chunglin Kwa, Clark Miller, Stephen D. Norton, Stephen H. Schneider, Simon Shackley, Frederick Suppe

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À propos de l?auteur

Clark A. Miller is Associate Professor of Science and Technology Studies and Associate Director of the School for the Future of Innovation in Society at Arizona State University.

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Éditeur
MIT Press
Date d'édition
2001
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0262632195
ISBN 13 
9780262632195
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
398
Éditeur
Miller Clark A., Edwards Paul N.
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9780262133876: Changing the Atmosphere: Expert Knowledge and Environmental Governance

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0262133873 ISBN 13 :  9780262133876
Editeur : The MIT Press, 2001
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