Environmental involvement in four West European countries

A comparative analysis of attitudes and actions

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ID12530864
AutoresMasja Nas (Catholic University of America, autor correspondente), Paul Dekker (0000-0002-8054-4184)
Ano1996
Volume9
Fascículo4
Páginas509-535
Data de publicação1996-12-01
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoInnovation The European Journal of Social Science Research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1351-1610 • E-ISSN: 1469-8412
EditoraTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13511610.1996.9968506
OpenAlexW2044481803
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas3
Referências citadas35

Much research on collective environmental action has been conducted within the broader context of the study of new social movements. The environment as a universal object of political participation is taken for granted, as is its transnational aspect. However, collective actors organize a wide range of activities in different institutional settings, with different goals and different addressees, not only governments but also consumers and producers. There is not much reason to assume there is a fixed distinction between collective and individual behaviour on environmental issues and that there are uniform processes of becoming involved in collective action. Using data from Eurobarometer 37A (1992) for Belgium, Great Britain, the Netherlands and West Germany, the simple notion of collective environmental action is empirically criticized by showing: (a) dissimilar positions of collective involvement in environmental issues in national polities; (b) distinct national patterns of individual activities to promote environmental concepts; and (c) diverse relationships between involvement in collective action and the environmental and general political attitudes of subpopulations

Action (physics · Business · Collective action · Context (archaeology · Eurobarometer · European union · Geography · Political science · Politics · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · Social Media and Politics

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