International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy: Volume 23 Issue 10

Global and domestic actors within the global climate change regime: toward a theory of the global environmental system

Dana R. Fisher

This paper presents the theory of the global environmental system to explain the different climate change regimes emerging from advanced industrialized nations. Using data…

A rift in modernity? assessing the anthropogenic sources of global climate change with the STIRPAT model

Richard York, Eugene A. Rosa, Thomas Dietz

Ascientific consensus has emerged indicating that the global climate is changing due to anthropogenic (i.e., human induced) driving forces. Our previous research reformulated the…

Warming winters and New Hampshire’s lost ski areas: an integrated case study

Lawrence C. Hamilton, David E. Rohall, Benjamin C. Brown, Gregg F. Hayward, Barry D. Keim

New Hampshire’s mountains and winter climate support a ski industry that contributes substantially to the state economy. Through more than 70 years of history, this industry has…

Media’s social construction of environmental issues: focus on global warming – a comparative study

Jaclyn Marisa Dispensa, Robert J. Brulle

Global warming has been a well recognized environmental issue in the United States for the past ten years, even though scientists had identified it as a potential problem years…

Comparative public opinion and knowledge on global climatic change and the Kyoto Protocol: the US versus the world?

Steven R. Brechin1

Using a variety of public opinion polls over a number of years and from a number of countries this paper revisits the questions of crossnational public concern for global warming…