Anomalous Anglophones? Contours of free market ideology, political polarization, and climate change attitudes in English-speaking countries, Western European and post-Communist states

Smith, E. Keith; Mayer, Adam

doi:10.1007/s10584-018-2332-x

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“…For example, Caughey et al (2019) distinguish between economic, social, and immigration-related conservatism and progressivism in Europe, and find that on average, citizens of Northern Europe tend to be more progressive (left-leaning) on immigration and social issues but more conservative (right-leaning) on economic issues than their Southern and Eastern European counterparts. The cross-country difference found in the present study, and previously by Smith and Mayer (2018) and McCright et al (2015) may thus in part relate to the fact that the left-right scale structures party competition in different countries in different ways. More specifically, the difference between post-communist countries and other democracies may be due to a potentially weaker role of ideological debate along a left-right scale.…”

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“…Specifically, individuals located further right on the political spectrum generally report being less worried than those further to the left. The reason for the cross-national variation could be explained with the anti-reflexivity thesis, which can also explain why political orientation seems to have more predictive power in the United States (McCright, 2011;McCright et al, 2016) compared to Europe (McCright et al, 2015;Smith and Mayer, 2018;Poortinga et al, 2019).…”

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“…Compared to studies from the United States, studies of European countries have generally reported weaker associations between political orientation and climate change views (McCright and Dunlap, 2011;McCright et al, 2015;Lewis et al, 2019). For example, Smith and Mayer (2018) report that the association between party affiliation, mapped on a left-right continuum to allow for comparisons across countries, and perceived danger from climate change is strongest in English-speaking countries, moderate in non-English-speaking Western European countries, and minimal in post-communist states. McCright et al (2015) found a similar gap between Western European and former communist countries with regard to the association between political orientation and acceptance of anthropogenic climate change, perceived seriousness, and support for mitigation action.…”

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Political Orientation Moderates the Relationship Between Climate Change Beliefs and Worry About Climate Change

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Public perceptions are well established as a key factor in support for climate change mitigation policies, and they tend to vary both within and between countries. Based on data from the European Social Survey Round 8 (N = 44,387), we examined the role of climate change beliefs and political orientation in explaining worry about climate change across 23 countries. We show that belief in anthropogenic climate change, followed by expectations of negative impacts from climate change, are the strongest predictors of worry about climate change. While the strength of the association between political orientation and worry about climate change varies across countries, self-positioning further to the right of the political spectrum is associated with lower levels of worry in most of the countries included in the analysis. We further show that political orientation moderates the relationship between climate change beliefs and worry. While increased confidence in the anthropogenic nature of climate change and expectations of negative impacts are both associated with increased worry across the political spectrum, the relationship is weaker among right-leaning as compared to left-leaning individuals. Notably, the main effect of political orientation on worry about climate change is no longer statistically significant when the interaction terms are present. Finally, a relatively small amount of the explained variance in worry is attributable to differences between countries. The findings might inform strategies for climate change communication in a European context.

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“…Partisan and ideological identities are strong predictors of the belief in the anthropogenic causes of climate change [2,3], especially in English-speaking countries [2]. For example, US Republicans are six times more likely to dismiss the role that humans play in climate change than Democrats [4].…”

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“…Efforts to reduce the negative impact of climate change are urgently needed, and yet the adoption of such measures is occurring at an alarmingly slow rate [1]. One potential barrier is political, where political polarization is strongly linked to beliefs about the origins of climate change [2]. To better understand why beliefs about climate change are polarized, we review relevant research from social psychology and cognitive neuroscience.…”

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Understanding the effects of partisan identity on climate change

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Harris

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Partisan and ideological identities are a consistent barrier to the adoption of climate change mitigation policies, especially in Anglophone countries where fossil fuel reliance is the highest. We review how understanding collective cognition may help overcome such barriers by changing norms, promoting cooperation, downplaying partisan identities, or leveraging other identities to promote pro-climate change beliefs and behaviors. We also highlight several gaps in the literature and lay out a brief roadmap for future research. In sum, this review highlights the important role that social identity plays, both in terms of a barrier and a potential solution, in aid of promoting climate change mitigation.

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Fulfilling expectations or overachieving: The role of market values in the linkage between environmental and financial performance

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This article adds the influence of institutional settings in the relationship between companies' environmental and financial performance by arguing that firms can leverage their financial performance by conforming to individual values prevalent in (inter) national markets. The values and environmental beliefs of individuals, as available in European Social Survey 2016, were studied together with the environmental and financial performance data of European companies from the Eikon database (n = 920). Countries were grouped based on acquired individual-level behavioural profiles through multilevel latent profile analysis. Moderation analysis was then utilised to determine the effect of country group on the relationship between the companies' environmental and financial performance. Results indicated that the relationship is negative in countries where disregarding environmentalism-related values is relatively more common. Moreover, businesses should be aware of and comply with market values to avoid costs and capitalise on environmental performance.

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Anomalous Anglophones? Contours of free market ideology, political polarization, and climate change attitudes in English-speaking countries, Western European and post-Communist states

Cited by 88 publications

References 66 publications

Political Orientation Moderates the Relationship Between Climate Change Beliefs and Worry About Climate Change

Political Orientation Moderates the Relationship Between Climate Change Beliefs and Worry About Climate Change

Understanding the effects of partisan identity on climate change

Fulfilling expectations or overachieving: The role of market values in the linkage between environmental and financial performance

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