Quantitative Methods of Policy Analysis: ENVS 5120

Week 6
Monday, February 18

The psychology of science communication

 

GUEST LECTURER: Karen Raucher, Stratus Consulting

• Selections from Moser and Dilling. 2007. Communicating climate change risks in a skeptical world.
  E.U. Weber and P.C. Stern 2011. Public Understanding of Climate Change in the United States.
• R.A. Kerr. 2011. Time to Adapt to a Warming World, But Where's the Science? Science 25 November 2011: Vol. 334 no. 6059 pp. 1052-1053.

 

Wednesday, February 20

Budget process

Readings and Assignments

• M. Weinberg. 2000. Understanding the Federal Budget Process. Quick Guide for Community Forestry Activists. American Forests: Washington, D.C.
• M. Enzer. 1999. The Federal Appropriations Process. Quick Guide for Community Forestry Activists. American Forests: Washington, D.C.