LEADER 04457nmm 2200493Ia 450 001 996588065603316 005 20240328111612.0 010 $a3-8394-7143-5 024 7 $a10.1515/9783839471432 035 $a(CKB)30977745900041 035 $a(DE-B1597)671314 035 $a(DE-B1597)9783839471432 035 $a(EXLCZ)9930977745900041 100 $a20240328h20242024 fg 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aCompeting Climate Cultures in Germany $eVariations in the Collective Denying of Responsibility and Efficacy /$fSarah Kessler 210 1$aBielefeld : $ctranscript Verlag, $d[2024] 210 4$dİ2024 215 $a1 online resource (254 p.) 225 0 $aSoziologie der Nachhaltigkeit ;$v4 311 $a3-8376-7143-7 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tList of figures -- $tList of abbreviations -- $tList of tables -- $tPreface & Acknowledgements -- $tSummary -- $tPart I - Introduction -- $t1 Introduction -- $t1.1 Lack of consensus on the IPCC consensus -- $t1.2 Structure of study -- $tPart II - Theoretical and methodological framework -- $t2 Literature review and theoretical foundations -- $t2.1 Introduction -- $t2.2 Responsibility -- $t2.3 Efficacy -- $t2.4 Ways of knowing -- $t2.5 The social organisation of denial -- $t2.6 Divergent cultures of climate action and denial -- $t2.7 Conclusion -- $t3 Methods -- $t3.1 Introduction -- $t3.2 Background -- $t3.3 Research design -- $t3.4 Expert interview analysis -- $t3.5 Media analysis -- $t3.6 Focus group interviews with professional groups -- $t3.7 Conclusion -- $tPart III - Empirical findings -- $t4 Expert interviews -- $t4.1 Introduction -- $t4.2 Statements concerning responsibility -- $t4.3 Statements related to efficacy -- $t4.4 Statements about knowing -- $t4.5 Statements pointing towards denial -- $t4.6 Conclusion -- $t5 Media analysis: Public debates about climate change -- $t5.1 Introduction -- $t5.2 Elite climate cultures -- $t5.3 Climate cultures 'from below' -- $t5.4 Conclusion -- $t6 The seven focus group discussions -- $t6.1 Introduction -- $t6.2 I really don't care what comes out of the plane in terms of CO2 - Craftsmen -- $t6.3 We only worry about climate change because we are well off - Green startup -- $t6.4 There is no [basic human] right to travel by plane - NGO -- $t6.5 Climate just exists and cannot be changed - Farmers -- $t6.6 I don't think flying per se is as bad as it is always made out to be - Mobility provider -- $t6.7 I have not once heard the word 'sustainability' since working here - Industrial enterprise -- $t6.8 Flying is indeed something that I don't prohibit for myself - Teachers -- $t6.9 Conclusion -- $tPart IV - Discussion, recommendations and outlook -- $t7 Discussion -- $t7.1 Introduction -- $t7.2 Climate action as 'elite project' obscures climate-cultural diversity -- $t7.3 Differentiating climate cultures: Responsibility, efficacy and knowing -- $t7.4 Differences in denial -- $t7.5 Policy recommendations -- $t7.6 Outlook -- $t8 Conclusion -- $tReferences 330 $aDespite 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 conventional assumptions of an implicit consensus on the need to prioritise climate action should be reconsidered. She uncovers climate-cultural variations in (implicit and explicit) denial of climate change and thus challenges existing approaches that treat the German public as a unified entity waiting to be activated by the right kind of rationally convincing information. 606 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General$2bisacsh 610 $aClimate Change Responsibility. 610 $aClimate Change. 610 $aEnvironmental Policy. 610 $aEnvironmental Sociology. 610 $aNature. 610 $aSocial Media. 610 $aSociology. 610 $aSustainability. 615 7$aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General. 700 $aKessler$b Sarah, $4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01733144 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996588065603316 996 $aCompeting Climate Cultures in Germany$94148344 997 $aUNISA