Analysing responses to climate change through the lens of reflexivity

British Journal of Sociology

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 616-640

  Davidson, Debra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agency; Attitudes and behaviours; Climate change; Morphogenesis; Reflexivity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CANADA; CLIMATE CHANGE; FORECASTING; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ALBERTA; ATTITUDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 84871121610     PISSN: 00071315     EISSN: 14684446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-4446.2012.01429.x     Document Type: Article

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