Competing Climate Cultures in Germany : : Variations in the Collective Denying of Responsibility and Efficacy / / Sarah Kessler.
Despite frequent protests and abounding discussions about the subject, climate action measures to counter human-made climate change have so far remained largely ineffective. By identifying profound climate-cultural differences, Sarah Kessler offers an explanation to this issue and shows that convent...
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of abbreviations -- List of tables -- Preface & Acknowledgements -- Summary -- Part I - Introduction -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Lack of consensus on the IPCC consensus -- 1.2 Structure of study -- Part II - Theoretical and methodological framework -- 2 Literature review and theoretical foundations -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Responsibility -- 2.3 Efficacy -- 2.4 Ways of knowing -- 2.5 The social organisation of denial -- 2.6 Divergent cultures of climate action and denial -- 2.7 Conclusion -- 3 Methods -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Background -- 3.3 Research design -- 3.4 Expert interview analysis -- 3.5 Media analysis -- 3.6 Focus group interviews with professional groups -- 3.7 Conclusion -- Part III - Empirical findings -- 4 Expert interviews -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Statements concerning responsibility -- 4.3 Statements related to efficacy -- 4.4 Statements about knowing -- 4.5 Statements pointing towards denial -- 4.6 Conclusion -- 5 Media analysis: Public debates about climate change -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Elite climate cultures -- 5.3 Climate cultures 'from below' -- 5.4 Conclusion -- 6 The seven focus group discussions -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 I really don't care what comes out of the plane in terms of CO2 - Craftsmen -- 6.3 We only worry about climate change because we are well off - Green startup -- 6.4 There is no [basic human] right to travel by plane - NGO -- 6.5 Climate just exists and cannot be changed - Farmers -- 6.6 I don't think flying per se is as bad as it is always made out to be - Mobility provider -- 6.7 I have not once heard the word 'sustainability' since working here - Industrial enterprise -- 6.8 Flying is indeed something that I don't prohibit for myself - Teachers -- 6.9 Conclusion -- Part IV - Discussion, recommendations and outlook -- 7 Discussion -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Climate action as 'elite project' obscures climate-cultural diversity -- 7.3 Differentiating climate cultures: Responsibility, efficacy and knowing -- 7.4 Differences in denial -- 7.5 Policy recommendations -- 7.6 Outlook -- 8 Conclusion -- References |
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