Dear GEPers. Some of you may find this of interest. ________________________________ From: ASA Environmental Sociology Section List [[email protected]] On Behalf Of Aaron Matthew McCright [[email protected]] Sent: Monday, April 18, 2011 4:49 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Journal Symposium on Politics of Climate Change
Environmental Sociology colleagues, Riley Dunlap and I just published a new article on the politics of climate change in the US. It appears in a special symposium in The Sociological Quarterly, along with comments by a few other scholars. I have pasted in the full citations to all four pieces below. Using ten years of Gallup poll data (2001-2010), our article is the most exhaustive examination of political polarization on climate change within the U.S. general public. We find both ideological polarization and party polarization on climate change beliefs and concern over this time period. We also find that political orientation (ideology and party) moderates the relationship between educational attainment and self-reported understanding on one side and climate change beliefs and concern on the other. That is, the effects of educational attainment and self-reported understanding on global warming beliefs and concern are positive for liberals and Democrats, but are attenuated or negative for conservatives and Republicans. The Sociological Quarterly Volume 52, Issue 2 "Symposium on the Politics of Climate Change" McCright, Aaron M., and Riley E. Dunlap. 2011. "The Politicization of Climate Change and Polarization in the American Public's Views of Global Warming, 2001-2010." The Sociological Quarterly 52:155-194. Antonio, Robert J., and Robert J. Brulle. 2011. "The Unbearable Lightness of Politics: Climate Change Denial and Political Polarization." The Sociological Quarterly 52:195-202. Nagel, Joane. 2011. "Climate Change, Public Opinion, and the Military Security Complex." The Sociological Quarterly 52:203-210. Jenkins, J. Craig. 2011. "Democratic Politics and the Long March on Global Warming: Comments on McCright and Dunlap." The Sociological Quarterly 52:211-219. Cheers, Aaron **************************************** Aaron M. McCright, Ph.D. Associate Professor Lyman Briggs College Department of Sociology Environmental Science and Policy Program Michigan State University [email protected] LYMAN BRIGGS OFFICE E-185 Holmes Hall Lyman Briggs College Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 48825-1107 office: 517-432-8026 fax: 517-432-2758 SOCIOLOGY OFFICE 401A Berkey Hall Department of Sociology Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 48824-1111 office: 517-355-6639 fax: 517-432-2856
