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  • Steven Brechin
  • Steven Brechin
  • Professor and Graduate Program Director
  • Ph.D. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
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  • Office: Davison Hall, 131
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    Steve is a comparative environmental sociologist with interests in organizations and politics.  Current research projects center on the sociology of climate change and questions of sustainability.  He is co-editor with Seungyun Lee of The Routledge Handbook on Climate Change and Society, Second Edition.  The Handbook is expected to be published late 2024 or early 2025.  See the link below for more details about Steve’s research projects, current and foundational. Before arriving at Rutgers, Steve taught at Princeton, Michigan, Illinois, and Syracuse. He earned his graduate degrees from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Steve is currently chairing the dissertation project of Amanda Sie. Recent Rutgers Ph.Ds. include Robert Duffy and Maria Espinoza.

  • Faculty Article(s):
  • A case for further refinement for the Green Climate Fund's 50:50 ratio climate change mitigation and adaptation allocation framework: toward a more targeted approach
  • Climate change mitigation and the collective action problem: Exploring country differences in greenhouse gas contributions
  • Ideology, capitalism, and climate: Explaining public views about climate change in the United States
  • Karl Polanyi's Environmental Sociology: A Primer
  • Will Democracy Survive Climate Change?
  • Faculty Bookshelf:
  • Contested Nature: Promoting International Biodiversity with Social Justice in the Twenty-first Century
  • Planting Trees in the Developing World: A Sociology of International Organizations
  • Population-Environment Dynamics: Ideas and Observations
  • Resident Peoples and National Parks: Social Dilemmas and Strategies in International Conservation
  • Program Areas:
  • Environment and Sustainability
  • Global Structures
  • Organizations, Networks, and Work
  • Politics and Social Movements
  • Contested Nature Contested Nature: Promoting International Biodiversity with Social Justice in the Twenty-first Century

    SUNY Press , 2003

    Planting Trees in the Developing World Planting Trees in the Developing World: A Sociology of International Organizations

    Johns Hopkins University Press , 1997

    Population Environment Dynamics Population-Environment Dynamics: Ideas and Observations

    University of Michigan Press , 1993

    Resident Peoples and National Parks Resident Peoples and National Parks: Social Dilemmas and Strategies in International Conservation

    University of Arizona Press , 1991

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