Open AccessPosition in the World-System and National Emissions of Greenhouse Gases
Author(s) -
Thomas J. Burns,
Byron L. Davis,
Edward L. Kick
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of world-systems research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.219
H-Index - 2
ISSN - 1076-156X
DOI - 10.5195/jwsr.1997.98
Subject(s) - greenhouse gas , environmental sociology , perspective (graphical) , position (finance) , political science , environmental research , environmental ethics , sociology , social science , environmental resource management , environmental science , economics , ecology , computer science , philosophy , finance , artificial intelligence , biology
Despite the apparent importance of these dynamics, there is relatively little social science theorization and cross-national research on such global environmental issues. There is especially a paucity of cross-national, quantitative research in sociology that focuses on the social antecedents to environmental outcomes (for exceptions, see Burns et al. 1994, 1995; Kick et al. 1996; Grimes and Roberts 1995). We find this condition surprising given the substantial initial work of environmental sociologists (Dunlap and Catton 1978, 1979; Buttel 1987) and the key role social scientists might in principle play in addressing such worldwide problems (Laska 1993). As a consequence, we propose and assess a perspective on the global and national social causes of one environmental dynamic, the greenhouse effect