Environmentalism and Political Participation: Toward a New System of Social Beliefs and Values?

Herrera, Marina

doi:10.1111/j.1559-1816.1992.tb00996.x

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“…Previous research has illustrated that higher income levels and higher education are associated with higher levels of environmentalism [86]. This is perhaps due to the reason that people with higher income levels generally have higher level of education and are more accustomed to living in healthy environments and thus supporting protection of environment [5,43]. Residence also affects individuals' EA, as urban residents are generally associated with greater environmentalism since they have more exposure to environmental degradation [14].…”

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International Survey on Bioenergy Knowledge, Perceptions, and Attitudes Among Young Citizens

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The present study with an international perspective, investigated the state of knowledge, perceptions, and attitudes among young students toward bioenergy in Finland, Slovakia, Taiwan, and Turkey. A total of 1,903 students with an average age of 15 years from 19 rural and urban schools participated in this study. The study found statistically significant differences in students' bioenergy knowledge with respect to the countries. Only a small percentage of the students in each country were able to demonstrate a high level of bioenergy knowledge. In overall, the gender and rural-urban differences did not play a significant role in determining students' level of bioenergy knowledge. The students appeared to be very critical of bioenergy and especially of the issues related to bioenergy production from forests. They demonstrated positive attitudes in terms of their willingness to learn about bioenergy and its use in their daily life. The study found statistically significant effects of gender and locality on students' perceptions of bioenergy. Most knowledgeable students in bioenergy appeared to be most critical in their perceptions and attitudes toward bioenergy. The principal component analysis revealed three distinct dimensions of students' perceptions and attitudes toward bioenergy viz., "motivation", "critical", and "practical". A broader societal support is needed for the introduction of bioenergy in many countries and young generation's positive attitudes to this matter is certainly important for people who will create policies in this area. More efforts are needed to support young students so that they understand the multi-dimensional issues related to bioenergy by allowing them to have practical experiences with bioenergy.

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“…Generally, research has illustrated that higher income levels are associated with higher levels of environmentalism (Shen and Saijo 2007). Herrera (1992) argues that people with higher income levels are more accustomed to living in healthy environments and that they therefore have beliefs that support environmental protection. The relationship between income and environmentalism could also be attributed to the higher educational levels that wealthier people typically achieve; several studies have found that higher levels of education have a positive effect on environmentalism (Van Liere and Dunlap 1980;Barr 2007).…”

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A cross-national perspective on youth environmental attitudes

Pauw

Petegem

2010

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The environmental attitudes of young people are a growing topic of interest for social scientists. Most research that aims to explain differences in (youth) environmental attitudes focuses on the individual as the level of measurement. There is, however, a growing body of evidence that illustrates that the context within which that individual operates can contribute to their environmental attitudes. Based on the PISA 2006 data, and while controlling for individual characteristics, we tested Inglehart's 'objective problems, subjective values' hypothesis. This hypothesis divides the contextual influences on environmental attitudes into (1) objective problems in the individual's natural environment and (2) subjective values linked to post-materialistic goals in life. We analyzed both the individual and the country level simultaneously, controlling for compositional effects, by performing a multilevel analysis on the 2006 PISA data for youth environmental attitudes (398,750 15 year olds from 56 countries). At the individual level, the results are generally consistent with the literature; at the contextual level, the stage of development of a country (as a proxy for postmaterialistic values) is shown to be unrelated to environmental attitudes. Both natural riches of a country and its environmental problems are shown to positively influence the environmental attitudes of that country's youth. These results are discussed in relation to the 'objective problems, subjective values' hypothesis. The results also point towards the necessity of simultaneously assessing the effect of individual-and contextual-level characteristics on environmental attitudes.

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“…The choices for each item are strongly agree, agree, undecided, disagree, strongly disagree and I don't know. The questionnaire was based on the one used by Worsley and Skrzypiec (1998), which was originally developed from Herrera's (1992) Questionnaire of Environmental Beliefs. During preparation, items concerning general environmental issues, such as ozone layer, overpopulation, etc.…”

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Environmental attitudes of young people in Turkey: effects of school type and gender

Tuncer

Ertepınar²,

Tekkaya³

et al. 2005

Environmental Education Research

152

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The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of school type (private and public) and gender on sixth, seventh, eighth and tenth grade students' attitudes toward the environment. A total of 1497 students (n = 765 girls; n = 715 boys; and n = 17 gender not provided) attending public (n = 603) and private schools (n = 892) located in Ankara participated in the study. A 45-item Likerttype questionnaire consisting of four dimensions, namely, awareness of environmental problems, national environmental problems, solutions to the problems and awareness of individual responsibility, was used to measure students' environmental attitudes. A two-way multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) was conducted to determine the effect of school type and gender on four dimensions of the environmental attitude questionnaire. Results showed that school type and gender had a significant effect on the collective dependent variables. Univariate ANOVAs indicated that mean scores on each dimension of the questionnaire were significantly different for students in public and private schools. Moreover, there was statistically significant mean difference between boys and girls with respect to scores on each dimension of the questionnaire. It is concluded as a result of the study that, although there are differences between categories of individuals, there is a widespread support for conservation of the environment among young people living in Ankara/ Turkey.

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Environmentalism and Political Participation: Toward a New System of Social Beliefs and Values?

Cited by 23 publications

References 15 publications

International Survey on Bioenergy Knowledge, Perceptions, and Attitudes Among Young Citizens

International Survey on Bioenergy Knowledge, Perceptions, and Attitudes Among Young Citizens

A cross-national perspective on youth environmental attitudes

Environmental attitudes of young people in Turkey: effects of school type and gender

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