Under Pressure - Bsumek, Peter K.

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Auteur(s) : Bsumek, Peter K. - Peeples, Jennifer - Schneider, Jen - Schwarze, Steve

Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan

Langue : Anglais

Parution : 01/06/2016

Format : Moyen, de 350g à 1kg

Nombre de pages : 204

Expédition : 383

Dimensions : 21.6 x 15.3 x 1.6

ISBN : 1137533145

Résumé :
This book examines five rhetorical strategies used by the US coal industry to advance its interests in the face of growing economic and environmental pressures: industrial apocalyptic, corporate ventriloquism, technological shell game, hypocrite?s trap, and energy utopia. The authors argue that these strategies appeal to and reinforce neoliberalism, a discourse and set of practices that privilege market rationality and individual freedom and responsibility above all else. As the coal industry has become the leading target and leverage point for those seeking more aggressive action to mitigate climate change, their corporate advocacy may foreshadow rhetorical strategies available to other fossil fuel industries as they manage similar economic and cultural shifts. The authors? analysis of coal?s corporate advocacy also identifies contradictions and points of vulnerability in the organized resistance to climate action as well as the larger ideological formation of neoliberalism.?

Biographie:

Pete Bsumek is Associate Professor in the School of Communication Studies at James Madison University, USA. His research and teaching focus on rhetoric, advocacy, and processes of decision-making, with a specific emphasis in environmental communication. He is the 2014 recipient of the J. Robert Cox Award in Environmental Communication and Civic Engagement.?

Jennifer Peeples is Professor of Communication Studies at Utah State University, USA. Her area of research is environmental rhetoric with a focus on the discourse and images used in the construction of environmental controversies. She has won a number of awards for her research and is on the editorial board for Environmental Communication and the Quarterly Journal of Speech.?

Jen Schneider is Associate Professor of Public Policy and Administration at Boise State University, USA. Her work examines the communication of scientific, technological, and environmental controversies. She is particularly interested in controversial or contested energy development and practices, such as hydrofracturing, coal mining, and nuclear power, and the role of rhetoric and expertise in defending such practices.?

Steve Schwarze is Professor and Chair in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of Montana, USA. His research examines the rhetoric of environmental controversies. His research appears in prominent outlets for rhetoric and environmental communication, such as the Quarterly Journal of Speech, Rhetoric & Public Affairs?and Environmental Communication.?

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Sommaire:
Juan Lucena is Director of Humanitarian Engineering Undergraduate Programs and Outreach and Professor of Engineering Studies in the Department of Engineering, Design and Society at the Colorado School of Mines. Juan's scholarship and teaching focuses on placing social justice at the center of engineering education and practice, inviting engineers to serve communities that have been historically underserved by STEM fields. Juan obtained a Ph.D. in Science and Technology Studies (STS) from Virginia Tech and two BS in Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Jen Schneider is Associate Dean of the College of Innovation and Design at Boise State University, where she co-leads campuswide initiatives connected to emerging technologies, social change, and digital futures. Jen's research addresses challenges in the public communication of scientific and environmental controversies, with a particular focus on energy industry rhetoric, climate change movements, discourses of technical expertise, and the politicization of science. Jen received a PhD in Cultural Studies from Claremont Graduate University. Jon A. Leydens is a Professor in the Department of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences at Colorado School of Mines. An engineering education researcher, his scholarship explores crucial challenges in integrating sociotechnical thinking, broader issues of social justice, and sustainable community development into engineering curricula. Jon teaches courses in intercultural communication, risk communication, and more, and his Ph.D. is in Education. Samantha Temple is a postdoctoral fellow in the Humanitarian Engineering and Sciences program at the Colorado School of Mines. As a researcher, she studies relationships between NGOs, donors, and communities to better understand factors related to community-led development. Samantha teaches courses in nonprofit management, international development, and public administration. Samantha received a Ph.D. in Public Affairs and an MPA from the University of Colorado Denver and has a B.A. in International Relations from Knox College....