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Kari Marie Norgaard

Living in denial : climate change, emotions, and everyday life /Kari Marie Norgaard - Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press , ©2011. - xix, 279 pages ;26 cm. - Book collections on Project MUSE.; UPCC book collections on Project MUSE., Global Cultural Studies Supplement. .

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.


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.

ISBN: 9780262515856

Publisher. No.: Brijwasi Book Distributors ;H-87,Lalita Park,Laxmi Nagar,Delhi-110092

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Environmental Science

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Environmental policy--Citizen participation

Dewey Class. No.: 304.25 NOR