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30810 - Environmental Policymaking in Uncertain Times

Sun, August 10, 2:00 to 3:30pm, East Tower, Hyatt Regency Chicago, Floor: Concourse Level/Bronze, Randolph 1B

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The current era is one of fractured politics and unfolding environmental and climatological catastrophes, and future reliance on states to ensure environmental protection is uncertain. This session will present a dynamic collection of emerging sociological inquiries into contemporary environmental policymaking from around the world, highlighting distinct and changing roles for states, elected officials, the judicial system, and non-governmental actors, with particular attention to science, ideology and justice.

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