Download or read book Climate Change and Society written by Riley E. Dunlap and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2015 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Climate change is one of today's most important issues, presenting an intellectual challenge to the natural and social sciences. While there has been progress in natural science understanding of climate change, social science research has not been as fully developed. This collection of essays breaks new theoretical and empirical ground by presenting climate change as a thoroughly social phenomenon, embedded in our institutions and cultural practices.