Aaron McCright
Biographic Data
| ID | 8539545 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Aaron McCright |
| GIVEN NAMES | Aaron |
| FAMILY NAME | McCright |
| SIGNATURE | MCCRIGHT A |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
News Consumption, Partisanship, and Energy Preferences in Brazil and the United States
The transition to a more sustainable energy system must consider public perceptions of energy sources and the influences that shape them. This study compares support for renewable and non-renewable sources that make up the energy grid in Brazil and the United States (US), two nations with different energy mixes, political histories, and media systems. Through national surveys, we assess how different national energy configurations impact attitude…
Anti-Reflexivity and Climate Change Skepticism in the US General Public
The leading theoretical explanation for the mobilization of organized climate change denial is the Anti-Reflexivity Thesis, which characterizes the climate change denial countermovement as a collective force defending the industrial capitalist system. In this study, I demonstrate that the Anti-Reflexivity Thesis also provides theoretical purchase for explaining patterns of climate change skepticism among regular citizens. Analyzing nationally rep…
Climate Change and Society: Toward Online Pedagogy
Climate change, one of the most important social problems of the twenty-first century, challenges pedagogy to incorporate complex themes from social and biophysical sciences. We propose an approach to a course on "Climate Change and Society" grounded in pedagogical research. Integrating the development of higher-level learning skills into course learning objectives, we suggest such a course be implemented online to take advantage of the virtual t…
The Risk Society Revisited: Social Theory and Risk Governance
Social Science Foundations of Risk 1 Meta-Theoretical Foundations 2 An Evolution of Risk: Why Social Science Is Needed to Understand Risk Part II. Risk and Social Theory 3 Overarching Perspective: The Rational Action Framework 4 Refl exive Modernization Theory and Risk: The Work of Ulrich Beck and Anthony Giddens 5 Risk in Systems: The Work of Niklas Luhmann 6 Jurgen Habermas and Risk: An Alternative to RAP? Part III. Risk Governance: Links betwe…
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The Risk Society Revisited: Social Theory and Risk Governance
Social Science Foundations of Risk 1 Meta-Theoretical Foundations 2 An Evolution of Risk: Why Social Science Is Needed to Understand Risk Part II. Risk and Social Theory 3 Overarching Perspective: The Rational Action Framework 4 Refl exive Modernization Theory and Risk: The Work of Ulrich Beck and Anthony Giddens 5 Risk in Systems: The Work of Niklas Luhmann 6 Jurgen Habermas and Risk: An Alternative to RAP? Part III. Risk Governance: Links betwe…
Climate Change and Society: Toward Online Pedagogy
Climate change, one of the most important social problems of the twenty-first century, challenges pedagogy to incorporate complex themes from social and biophysical sciences. We propose an approach to a course on "Climate Change and Society" grounded in pedagogical research. Integrating the development of higher-level learning skills into course learning objectives, we suggest such a course be implemented online to take advantage of the virtual t…
Anti-Reflexivity and Climate Change Skepticism in the US General Public
The leading theoretical explanation for the mobilization of organized climate change denial is the Anti-Reflexivity Thesis, which characterizes the climate change denial countermovement as a collective force defending the industrial capitalist system. In this study, I demonstrate that the Anti-Reflexivity Thesis also provides theoretical purchase for explaining patterns of climate change skepticism among regular citizens. Analyzing nationally rep…
News Consumption, Partisanship, and Energy Preferences in Brazil and the United States
The transition to a more sustainable energy system must consider public perceptions of energy sources and the influences that shape them. This study compares support for renewable and non-renewable sources that make up the energy grid in Brazil and the United States (US), two nations with different energy mixes, political histories, and media systems. Through national surveys, we assess how different national energy configurations impact attitude…
Sociology (4 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Social science (3 works) · Climate change (2 works) · Climate Change Communication and Perception (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Engineering (2 works) · Environmental ethics (2 works)