Climate, Science and Society: A Primer [Hardcover]

Zeke Baker is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Sonoma State University, USA. His research investigates how changes in climate knowledge relate to political dynamics, especially over the historical long term, in the United States and comparative contexts.

Tamar Law is a PhD student at Cornell University in Development Studies and holds an MPhil in Human Environmental Geography from the University of Oxford. Her research in the United States and Southeast Asia examines the knowledge and land politics of climate adaptation and mitigation, centering questions of climate justice.

Mark Vardy is a faculty member of the Criminology Department at Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Canada. He is interested in drawing from STS to contribute to discussions of climate justice in green criminology.

Stephen Zehr is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of Southern Indiana, USA. His past research focused on climate change scientific expertise and its representation in the media. He is currently researching maple syrup producers and their adaptation to technological changes, climate change, and labor supply and allegiances.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Zeke Baker, Tamar Law, Mark Vardy, and Stephen Zehr

 

PART I: Climate Change Science as a Social Issue: Introduction

Zeke Baker

1: Future Times and Spaces: Tracing Objectivity, Scale, and Politics in the Social Life of Climate Science

Zeke Baker