Discussion of `Global Warming and Sociology

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ID7742459
AuthorsTerry Leahy (University of Newcastle, New South Wales,, corresponding author)
Year2008
Volume56
Issue3
Pages475-484
Publication date2008-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCurrent Sociology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0011-3921 • E-ISSN: 1461-7064
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0011392107088240
OpenAlexW2148467501
LanguageEN
Citations received10
References cited6

Lever-Tracy has hit the nail on the head when she points to the reluctance of sociologists to consider the social implications of global warming. Meanwhile the discussion of these issues in other disciplines grows apace. Ecological modernizers see the environmental crisis as a stimulus to capitalist societies, providing new opportunities for growth from re-tooling. Yet, sections of the environmentalist movement envisage necessary social change as much more profound. A key to this debate is the likely costs of re-tooling. This technological and financial question is a prerequisite for understanding the social implications. If the costs of re-tooling are huge, as can be argued, some drastic social changes are quite likely

Climate change · Economics · Environmental ethics · Global warming · Lever · Neoclassical economics · Political economy · Positive economics · Social science · Sociology · Climate Change and Geoengineering · Ecology · Environmental, Ecological, and Cultural Studies · Global Energy and Sustainability Research

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