Abstract

The theme for the 2019 SSSP meetings is a call to sociologists and social scientists to draw on their sociological roots to illuminate the social in all social problems with an eye to solving those problems. The address encourages sociologists to speak as broadly as possible so that the discipline becomes a central voice in larger public discourses. The 2019 SSSP Presidential Address is a call to focus on what is the largest social problem: climate change. After a brief overview of the science of climate change, the address focuses on the anthropogenic causes of climate change and the reasons why climate change is a social justice issue. Looking specifically at rising sea levels, the address then focuses on New York City as an example of the effects of and some responses to climate change. The address concludes with a discussion of how sociologists can and should draw deeply on the discipline’s theoretical roots, empirical tools, and pedagogical skills to illuminate climate change as a social problem.

中文翻译：

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总统致辞：开始传播新闻：阐明气候变化的影响是一个社会问题

摘要

2019年SSSP会议的主题是呼吁社会学家和社会科学家利用其社会学根源来阐明所有社会问题中的社会问题，并着眼于解决这些问题。该演讲鼓励社会学家尽可能广泛地发言，以使该学科成为大型公共场合的中心声音。2019年SSSP总统演讲呼吁将重点放在最大的社会问题上：气候变化。在简要概述了气候变化科学之后，该演讲重点介绍了气候变化的人为原因以及气候变化是社会正义问题的原因。该演讲专门针对海平面上升，然后重点关注纽约市，以作为气候变化的影响和应对措施的示例。