Inside the World of Climate Change Skeptics Haltinner Kristin
Inside the World of Climate Change Skeptics Haltinner Kristin As wildfires rip across the western United States and sea levels rise along coastal cities from Louisiana to Alaska, some people…
Specifikacia Inside the World of Climate Change Skeptics Haltinner Kristin
Inside the World of Climate Change Skeptics Haltinner Kristin
As wildfires rip across the western United States and sea levels rise along coastal cities from Louisiana to Alaska, some people nevertheless reject the mainstream scientific consensus on anthropogenic climate change. What leads skeptics to change their minds?Drawing from a rich collection of interviews and surveys with self-identified climate change skeptics (and some former ones), sociologists Kristin Haltinner and Dilshani Sarathchandra delve into the underlying dynamics of climate skepticism in the United States. What leads people to doubt or outright denial?
With this nuanced understanding of climate change skepticism, Inside the World of Climate In probing how ideas about science, religion, politics, and media affect perceptions of climate change, they find a far greater diversity of attitudes and beliefs than one might expect--including some pro-environmental views.