Rachel Wetts

Assistant Professor of Sociology at Brown University. Racial politics + Climate politics.

[Social Problems @socprobsjournal]

How is class resentment used in climate politics? This article from @LoredanaLoy and @RachelWetts finds conservative media link climate initiatives to elite practices https://t.co/03IZID68Rj

[Jessica Green @greenprofgreen]

New paper alert! I identify members of “the climate establishment”: “insider INGOs working within the multilateral process and with large corporations to influence rulemaking, soft law and firm behavior.”
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https://t.co/3hPpRiluZy

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@demeturiegogue @UMassBostonHED Congratulations Demeturie!! Amazing news!

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@mintytem @_ktandrews @HaphazardSoc @DeanaRohlinger1 @chris_bail @LauraK_Nelson @mlamont6 @BoYunPark @Jacob_S_Hacker @JakeMGrumbach @jonasmeckling @PamOliver1180 Thanks so much! Obviously your work was hugely influential in shaping this paper, so that means a lot. Hope you're doing well!

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My new article, “Money and Meaning in the Climate Change Debate,” is now out in AJS!

The paper asks how the economic power of interest groups + the cultural appeal of their messages shape which voices get heard in the US climate change debate.

https://t.co/YhWI7fY3ji

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@mcnisbet @BrownSociology @Brown_IBES @ClimateSSN Excellent -- very interested to hear your thoughts!

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@nvancleve @BrownSociology @Brown_IBES @ClimateSSN Thank you, Nicole!

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@calebscoville @BrownSociology @Brown_IBES @ClimateSSN Thanks again, Caleb! And if you have a working paper to share, please send it my way -- I'd love to see it!

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@HsuHuang93 @BrownSociology @Brown_IBES @ClimateSSN Thanks, Hsu! Hope you're doing well!

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@loredanaloy Thank you, Loredana!

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@Subadevan @BrownSociology @Brown_IBES @ClimateSSN Thank you Suba! Hope you're doing well!!

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@TimmonsRoberts Thanks so much, Timmons!

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@sustaintheconvo @BrownSociology @Brown_IBES @ClimateSSN Thanks so much, Hanna! Also, I need to see that syllabus!!

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@rauscher_emily @BrownSociology Thank you, Emily!

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@JoshuaBasseches @_ktandrews @HaphazardSoc @DeanaRohlinger1 @chris_bail @LauraK_Nelson @mlamont6 @BoYunPark @mintytem @Jacob_S_Hacker @JakeMGrumbach @jonasmeckling @PamOliver1180 Thanks so much, Josh! Loved your recent Politics and Society paper, btw!

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@_ktandrews @HaphazardSoc @DeanaRohlinger1 @chris_bail @LauraK_Nelson @mlamont6 @BoYunPark @mintytem @Jacob_S_Hacker @JakeMGrumbach @jonasmeckling @PamOliver1180

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And h/t to the many other folks who influenced this research in one way or another: @RBrulle @maxboykoff @Fisher_DanaR @leahstokes @JoshuaBasseches @JeffDColgan @MaibachEd @ecotone2 @HoffmanAndy @redunlap1 @calebscoville @chrisreaborn @rauscher_emily