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Author Telesiene, Audrone

Title Green European : Environmental Behaviour and Attitudes in Europe in a Historical and Cross-Cultural Comparative Perspective
Published New York : Taylor and Francis, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (283 pages)
Series Studies in European Sociology
Studies in European Sociology
Contents Endorsement; Green European; Routledge/European Sociological Association Studies in European Societies; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Notes on Contributors; Foreword: A Brief History of Sociological Research on Environmental Concern; List of Common Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Introduction: How Green are Green Europeans?; European Environmental Behaviour; Environmental Sociology in Europe; The Contributions to this Book; References; PART I Reconsidering Environmental Threats and Risks
1 The Perception of Environmental Threats in a Global and European PerspectiveIntroduction; Distribution of Environmental Good and Bad; Individual Differences in the Perception of Environmental Threats; Data and Methods; Perception of Environmental Threats in an International Comparison; Contextual and Individual-Level Determinants of Threat Perceptions; Discussion and Conclusion; Notes; References; 2 Vulnerable and Insecure? Environmental and Technological Risk Perception in Europe; Introduction; Determinants of risk perception; Data and methods; Results; Conclusions and discussion
AcknowledgementsNotes; References; 3 Changing Concern About Environmental Threats and Risks: A Longitudinal and Multilevel Perspective on the Relationship between Values and Interests; Introduction; Theory: three dimensions of environmental concern; Methods, Data, Variables; Results; Conclusion; Note; References; PART II Personal Activist Profiles in Europe; 4 Explaining Environmental Activism by National Cultures: The Hypothesis of Hysteresis; Defining the Concepts; Data and Methods; Results; Discussion; Conclusion; Note; References
5 Explaining Membership in Pro-environmental Groups: A Comparative European PerspectiveIntroduction; Theoretical Background; Methods and Data; Findings and Analysis; Discussion and Conclusions; Acknowledgements; Notes; References; 6 Petitioner, Contributor, Protester: The Profile of Europeans Performing Different 'Public-Sphere' Pro-Environmental Behaviours; Introduction; Literature Review; Data; Methods; Results; Discussion and Conclusion; Acknowledgement; References; PART III Exploring European Green Mindsets and Behaviours
7 How Far for the Money? Affluence and Democratic Degrowth Potential in EuropeIntroduction; Conceptualizing Degrowth for Empirical Research; Research Design; Results; Discussion and Conclusions; Notes; References; 8 Environmental Concern in Cross-National Comparison: Methodological Threats and Measurement Equivalence; Introduction; Environmental Concern in Europe and Worldwide; Methodological Problems of Cross-National Comparisons with Surveys; Empirical Study: Measurement Equivalence of Environmental Concern in ISSP 2010; Conclusion; Notes; References
Notes 9 Youth Environmental Consciousness in Europe: The Influence of Psychosocial Factors on Pro-environmental Behaviour
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Subject Environmentalism -- Social aspects -- Europe
Green movement -- Europe
Environmentalism -- Social aspects
Green movement
Europe
Form Electronic book
Author Gross, Matthias
ISBN 9781317301172
131730117X