Political polarization and environmental attitudes
A Cross-National Analysis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4328859 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sarah Birch (0000-0001-6457-1310, King's College London, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 697-718 |
| Publication date | 2020-06-06 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environmental Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0964-4016 • E-ISSN: 1743-8934 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09644016.2019.1673997 |
| OpenAlex | W2981261288 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 55 |
| References cited | 57 |
There is evidence that in the United States popular attitudes about environmental problems have been shaped by elite polarization on environmental issues. Yet there has been little systematic analysis of the impact of elite polarization on environmental attitudes in other parts of the world. Here I develop and test a general theory of the role of elite polarization in conditioning popular support for environmental protection. Evidence is drawn from multilevel analysis of World Values Survey data from 92 surveys carried out in 42 countries across the world, together with party polarization data derived from the Manifesto Project Database. The main finding is that elite polarization is associated with the amplification of mass-level left-right divides on environmental issues, consonant with the expectation that elite polarization should lead citizens to sort along ideological or partisan lines, but that this effect only holds in contexts where left-wing views are associated with support for environmental protection
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Party competition on climate policy
The politics of domestic climate governance
The Changing Prioritization of Environmental Protection in Britain
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The Association of Knowledge with Concern About Global Warming
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Electoral Backlash against Climate Policy
Source Cues, Partisan Identities, and Political Value Expression
The Role of Partisan Stereotypes in Information Processing about Political Candidates
Affective-cognitive consistency and thought-induced attitude polarization
International trends in public perceptions of climate change over the past quarter century
Public Support for Environmental Protection
The impact of party polarization on ideological voting
Climate policy support under political consensus
The presidential and congressional elections in Brazil, October 2006
Politics and Environment in America
Attitudes towards the environment
The varying effects of left-right ideology on support for the environment
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The publics' concern for global warming
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The Politicization of Climate Change and Polarization in the American Public's Views of Global Warming, 2001-2010
Environmental Attitudes in Cross-National Perspective
Contextual influences on environmental concerns cross-nationally
| Unique citing works | 55 |
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| Citations per year | 11 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 51 |