Thomas Macías
Biographic Data
| ID | 81327 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Thomas Macías |
| GIVEN NAMES | Thomas |
| FAMILY NAME | Macías |
| SIGNATURE | MACÍAS T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Vermont |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 90 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Convergent links of social capital, sustainable practices, and support for cost-specified climate policy in two Vermont and Arizona Counties
This study uses survey data collected in Chittenden County, Vermont and Maricopa County, Arizona to examine the relationship of self-reported measures of social capital with sustainable practices and support for cost-specified fossil fuel reduction policies. Despite obvious geographic, demographic, and political contrasts between the two regions, behavioral and policy support outcomes for Arizona and Vermont residents were remarkably similar. Amo…
Environmental risk perception among race and ethnic groups in the United States
We examine varying levels of perceived environmental risks among nine U.S. race and ethnic group categories using the 2010 General Social Survey. Three interrelated questions motivate our analysis. First, how does the environmental risk perception of air pollution, water pollution, agricultural chemicals, climate change and nuclear power generation vary among specific categories of race and ethnicity? Second, to what degree are higher levels of p…
Ecological Assimilation
Utilizing data from the 2010 General Social Survey, three theoretical perspectives are used to explain differing levels of environmental concern and sustainable practices among native- and foreign-born race and ethnic groups in the United States. The most prominent pattern resulting from the analysis is that of ecological assimilation among the Mexican-origin population, with the foreign-born portion of this group being much more likely than thei…
Risks, Trust, and Sacrifice
Objective The social capital literature suggests generalized trust should work to motivate individuals to engage in environmentally beneficial behavior as it is associated with altruistic outcomes, moderation, and self‐sacrifice. The environmental justice literature, however, suggests certain populations are understandably more skeptical about who they can trust with respect to environmental threats in their communities, thus undermining the hypo…
A Social Capital Basis for Environmental Concern
This study, based on a random-digit-dialing telephone survey of adults in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont, uses ordinary least squares regression to examine a relatively neglected element in the sociological literature on environmental concern, namely, the influence of an individual's social capital on the formation of environmental attitudes. We argue that it is those individuals with a greater diversity of social connections who are most like…
La mesure de l’ethnicité
Conflict over forest resources in Northern New Mexico
Through an examination of a conflict over the management of forest resources in northern New Mexico between rural Hispanics and white environmentalists, this paper sketches a critique of the use of cultural activism on the part of environmental justice activists as they seek to maintain and diversify their political support base. Using resource mobilization and frame alignment perspectives as a lens on collective action, the central point derived…
Working Toward a Just, Equitable, and Local Food System
Objective. This article serves as a pilot study of three central aspects of sociological research concerning the impact of local agriculture on local communities: food equity, social integration, and natural human capital. Methods. Four CSA farmers, four partners in a direct‐market organic farm, and four community garden site coordinators working in the Intervale, a local agriculture project in Burlington, Vermont, were interviewed in person for …
The Borderlands of Culture
Book Review| April 01 2007 The Borderlands of Culture: Américo Paredes and the Transnational Imaginary The Borderlands of Culture: Américo Paredes and the Transnational Imaginary, Ramón Saldívar. Thomas Macias Thomas Macias Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of American Ethnic History (2007) 26 (3): 101–102. https://doi.org/10.2307/40543166 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permission…
Imaginandose Mexicano
The Changing Structure of Structural Assimilation
Objective. This article examines the experience of ethnicity among third‐plus generation Mexican‐American professionals at the workplace and through participation in ethnic identity professional organizations. Methods. A total of 25 face‐to‐face interviews were conducted in the San Jose, California metro area. Interviewees were initially recruited from two ethnic identity professional organizations. Results. The predicted confluence of acculturat…
Economy and Society in Brazil
In the landscape of the profound transformations that have reshaped Latin America over the past two decades, Brazil stands out as a peculiar case. The region's largest economy has undergone a string of unpredictable political and economic changes since the mid-1980s. In contrast to other economies, neoliberal reforms in Brazil have been uneven in continuity and depth. Of particular interest to Latin Americanists was the 1994 election to the Brazi…
Environmental risk perception among race and ethnic groups in the United States
We examine varying levels of perceived environmental risks among nine U.S. race and ethnic group categories using the 2010 General Social Survey. Three interrelated questions motivate our analysis. First, how does the environmental risk perception of air pollution, water pollution, agricultural chemicals, climate change and nuclear power generation vary among specific categories of race and ethnicity? Second, to what degree are higher levels of p…
Working Toward a Just, Equitable, and Local Food System
Objective. This article serves as a pilot study of three central aspects of sociological research concerning the impact of local agriculture on local communities: food equity, social integration, and natural human capital. Methods. Four CSA farmers, four partners in a direct‐market organic farm, and four community garden site coordinators working in the Intervale, a local agriculture project in Burlington, Vermont, were interviewed in person for …
Ecological Assimilation
Utilizing data from the 2010 General Social Survey, three theoretical perspectives are used to explain differing levels of environmental concern and sustainable practices among native- and foreign-born race and ethnic groups in the United States. The most prominent pattern resulting from the analysis is that of ecological assimilation among the Mexican-origin population, with the foreign-born portion of this group being much more likely than thei…
A Social Capital Basis for Environmental Concern
This study, based on a random-digit-dialing telephone survey of adults in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont, uses ordinary least squares regression to examine a relatively neglected element in the sociological literature on environmental concern, namely, the influence of an individual's social capital on the formation of environmental attitudes. We argue that it is those individuals with a greater diversity of social connections who are most like…
Imaginandose Mexicano
Conflict over forest resources in Northern New Mexico
Through an examination of a conflict over the management of forest resources in northern New Mexico between rural Hispanics and white environmentalists, this paper sketches a critique of the use of cultural activism on the part of environmental justice activists as they seek to maintain and diversify their political support base. Using resource mobilization and frame alignment perspectives as a lens on collective action, the central point derived…
Risks, Trust, and Sacrifice
Objective The social capital literature suggests generalized trust should work to motivate individuals to engage in environmentally beneficial behavior as it is associated with altruistic outcomes, moderation, and self‐sacrifice. The environmental justice literature, however, suggests certain populations are understandably more skeptical about who they can trust with respect to environmental threats in their communities, thus undermining the hypo…
The Changing Structure of Structural Assimilation
Objective. This article examines the experience of ethnicity among third‐plus generation Mexican‐American professionals at the workplace and through participation in ethnic identity professional organizations. Methods. A total of 25 face‐to‐face interviews were conducted in the San Jose, California metro area. Interviewees were initially recruited from two ethnic identity professional organizations. Results. The predicted confluence of acculturat…
The Borderlands of Culture
Book Review| April 01 2007 The Borderlands of Culture: Américo Paredes and the Transnational Imaginary The Borderlands of Culture: Américo Paredes and the Transnational Imaginary, Ramón Saldívar. Thomas Macias Thomas Macias Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of American Ethnic History (2007) 26 (3): 101–102. https://doi.org/10.2307/40543166 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permission…
Economy and Society in Brazil
In the landscape of the profound transformations that have reshaped Latin America over the past two decades, Brazil stands out as a peculiar case. The region's largest economy has undergone a string of unpredictable political and economic changes since the mid-1980s. In contrast to other economies, neoliberal reforms in Brazil have been uneven in continuity and depth. Of particular interest to Latin Americanists was the 1994 election to the Brazi…
The Changing Structure of Structural Assimilation
Objective. This article examines the experience of ethnicity among third‐plus generation Mexican‐American professionals at the workplace and through participation in ethnic identity professional organizations. Methods. A total of 25 face‐to‐face interviews were conducted in the San Jose, California metro area. Interviewees were initially recruited from two ethnic identity professional organizations. Results. The predicted confluence of acculturat…
Imaginandose Mexicano
The Borderlands of Culture
Book Review| April 01 2007 The Borderlands of Culture: Américo Paredes and the Transnational Imaginary The Borderlands of Culture: Américo Paredes and the Transnational Imaginary, Ramón Saldívar. Thomas Macias Thomas Macias Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of American Ethnic History (2007) 26 (3): 101–102. https://doi.org/10.2307/40543166 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permission…
La mesure de l’ethnicité
Conflict over forest resources in Northern New Mexico
Through an examination of a conflict over the management of forest resources in northern New Mexico between rural Hispanics and white environmentalists, this paper sketches a critique of the use of cultural activism on the part of environmental justice activists as they seek to maintain and diversify their political support base. Using resource mobilization and frame alignment perspectives as a lens on collective action, the central point derived…
Working Toward a Just, Equitable, and Local Food System
Objective. This article serves as a pilot study of three central aspects of sociological research concerning the impact of local agriculture on local communities: food equity, social integration, and natural human capital. Methods. Four CSA farmers, four partners in a direct‐market organic farm, and four community garden site coordinators working in the Intervale, a local agriculture project in Burlington, Vermont, were interviewed in person for …
A Social Capital Basis for Environmental Concern
This study, based on a random-digit-dialing telephone survey of adults in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont, uses ordinary least squares regression to examine a relatively neglected element in the sociological literature on environmental concern, namely, the influence of an individual's social capital on the formation of environmental attitudes. We argue that it is those individuals with a greater diversity of social connections who are most like…
Ecological Assimilation
Utilizing data from the 2010 General Social Survey, three theoretical perspectives are used to explain differing levels of environmental concern and sustainable practices among native- and foreign-born race and ethnic groups in the United States. The most prominent pattern resulting from the analysis is that of ecological assimilation among the Mexican-origin population, with the foreign-born portion of this group being much more likely than thei…
Risks, Trust, and Sacrifice
Objective The social capital literature suggests generalized trust should work to motivate individuals to engage in environmentally beneficial behavior as it is associated with altruistic outcomes, moderation, and self‐sacrifice. The environmental justice literature, however, suggests certain populations are understandably more skeptical about who they can trust with respect to environmental threats in their communities, thus undermining the hypo…
Convergent links of social capital, sustainable practices, and support for cost-specified climate policy in two Vermont and Arizona Counties
This study uses survey data collected in Chittenden County, Vermont and Maricopa County, Arizona to examine the relationship of self-reported measures of social capital with sustainable practices and support for cost-specified fossil fuel reduction policies. Despite obvious geographic, demographic, and political contrasts between the two regions, behavioral and policy support outcomes for Arizona and Vermont residents were remarkably similar. Amo…
Environmental risk perception among race and ethnic groups in the United States
We examine varying levels of perceived environmental risks among nine U.S. race and ethnic group categories using the 2010 General Social Survey. Three interrelated questions motivate our analysis. First, how does the environmental risk perception of air pollution, water pollution, agricultural chemicals, climate change and nuclear power generation vary among specific categories of race and ethnicity? Second, to what degree are higher levels of p…
Sociology (10 works) · Political science (8 works) · Ethnic group (6 works) · Environmental Education and Sustainability (5 works) · Geography (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · Economics (4 works) · Environmental Justice and Health Disparities (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Population (4 works)