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Author Norgaard, Kari Marie.

Title Living in denial : climate change, emotions, and everyday life / Kari Marie Norgaard.

Publication Info. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2011]
©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 279 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary Global warming is the most significant environmental issue of our time, yet public response in Western nations has been meager. Why have so few taken any action? In this book sociologist Kari Norgaard searches for answers to this question.
Contents Boundaries and moral order : an introduction to life in Bygdaby -- "Experiencing" global warming : troubling events and public silence -- "People want to protect themselves a little bit" : the why of denial -- The cultural tool kit, part one : cultural cultural norms of attention, emotion, and conversation -- The cultural tool kit, part two : telling stories of mythic nations -- Climate change as background noise in the United States.
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Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011. MiAaHDL
System Details Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
Processing Action digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL
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Subject Climatic changes -- Psychological aspects.
Climatic changes.
Psychological aspects.
Environmental policy -- Citizen participation.
Environmental policy -- Citizen participation.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Norgaard, Kari Marie. Living in denial. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2011 9780262015448 (DLC) 2010036047 (OCoLC)663822331
ISBN 9780262295772 (electronic book)
0262295776 (electronic book)
1283119226
9781283119221
9780262015448
0262015447
9780262515856
0262515857