Environmental Science and Society

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ID23710190
AuthorsTim Forsyth (0000-0001-7227-9475, London School of Economics and Political Science, corresponding author)
Year2017
Pages1-6
Publication date2017-03-06
Open AccessYes
TypeCHAPTER
VenueInternational Encyclopedia of Geography (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/9781118786352.wbieg0053
OpenAlexW3030829875
ISBN9781118786352
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited8

Much discussion about environmental policy claims that environmental research needs to be separated from political influences in order to maintain trust and rigor within research. Various social scientists, however, have proposed that social norms always influence the generation of facts about environmental problems, and that, consequently, there is a need to make the connections of environmental science and society more transparent and open to governance. Research, in particular, has highlighted the social forces that hold authoritative truth claims in place despite the existence of counter‐evidence; the social influences on so‐called natural causes; and the role of social marginalization in shaping vulnerability to risk. Increasingly, analysts focus on how experts and expert organizations generate and legitimize knowledge, and the ways in which expertise can be made more democratic.

American political science · Business · Corporate governance · Democracy · Economics · Engineering ethics · Environmental ethics · Environmental governance · Environmental social science · Focus (optics) · Management · Natural (archaeology) · Order (exchange) · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Sociology · Vulnerability (computing) · Climate Change Communication and Perception · Computer Science · Engineering · Law · Risk Perception and Management · Sustainability and Climate Change Governance

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