Strategies of Climate Denial

Sociologists are now getting into the fray on understanding and changing public perceptions of climate.  In this study, "Anti-reflexivity: The American Conservative's Movement's Success in Undermining Climate Change and Policy," Aaron McCright and Riley Dunlap assert that "non-decision-making" is the conservative movement's latest tactic in the effort to "undermine climate science and policy in the USA," and they've identified four specific ways of preventing climate policy from passing. Download the full article (pdf) below.

Posted June 30, 2010

By Aaron M. McCright and Riley E. Dunlap, Sage Journals Online
 

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