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- Andersson, Klas, et al.
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Learning for the Future? : Effects of ESD on teacher education students
- 2013
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Ingår i: Sustainability. - : MDPI AG. - 2071-1050. ; 5:12, s. 5135-5152
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Currently, politicians, university representatives, scholars and leading NGOs share a strong belief in the ability of educational systems to generate positive attitudes to sustainable development (SD) among citizens, with the idea of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) as perhaps the most apparent expression of this conviction. The aim of this paper is to investigate whether ESD might have the intended effects on teacher education students. More specifically, we account for the results from a panel study on the effects of a course on SD held in autumn 2010 at the University of Gothenburg (n = 323) on teacher education students. The surveys consisted of questions about the students’ concerns about various issues, including issues related to SD, and their attitudes towards SD and views of moral obligations to contributing to SD. The study included a control group (n = 97) consisting of students from the teacher-training programme at University West, which had not and did not include ESD. We find positive effects of ESD on almost all attitudes and perceptions, including e.g., personal responsibility in relation to SD and willingness to contribute to SD, while there is no noticeable effect in the control group. We conclude the paper by discussing the implications of our results for the idea of ESD in teacher training programmes at Swedish higher education institutions.
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- Andersson, Klas, 1975, et al.
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Learning for the Future? Effects of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) on Teacher Education Students
- 2013
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Ingår i: Sustainability. - : MDPI AG. - 2071-1050. ; 5:12, s. 5135-5152
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Currently, politicians, university representatives, scholars and leading NGOs share a strong belief in the ability of educational systems to generate positive attitudes to sustainable development (SD) among citizens, with the idea of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) as perhaps the most apparent expression of this conviction. The aim of this paper is to investigate whether ESD might have the intended effects on teacher education students. More specifically, we account for the results from a panel study on the effects of a course on SD held in autumn 2010 at the University of Gothenburg (n = 323) on teacher education students. The surveys consisted of questions about the students’ concerns about various issues, including issues related to SD, and their attitudes towards SD and views of moral obligations to contributing to SD. The study included a control group (n = 97) consisting of students from the teacher-training programme at University West, which had not and did not include ESD. We find positive effects of ESD on almost all attitudes and perceptions, including e.g., personal responsibility in relation to SD and willingness to contribute to SD, while there is no noticeable effect in the control group. We conclude the paper by discussing the implications of our results for the idea of ESD in teacher training programmes at Swedish higher education institutions.
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- Harring, Niklas, 1979, et al.
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Explaining Ups and Downs in the Public’s Environmental Concern in Sweden: The Effects of Ecological Modernization, the Economy, and the Media.
- 2011
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Ingår i: Organization & Environment. - : SAGE Publications. - 1086-0266 .- 1552-7417. ; , s. 1-16
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In this article, the authors search for explanations to ups and downs in the Swedish public’s environmental concern since the 1980s. In line with previous research, this study examines the effects of economic cycles and media coverage. In addition, the authors hypothesize that the economy will affect environmental concern less over time because of the entry of ecological modernization into elite discourse. Using time series regression analysis and a unique data set, we study Swedish public opinion during more than 20 years. Economic cycles affect the public’s environmental concern but to a diminishing degree. Public environmental concern is also affected by the amount of media coverage. In accordance with earlier observations, it is concluded that both the economy and media content have an independent effect on public environmental concern. However, the previously observed conflict between economic cycles and public environmental concern is weakened, potentially because of the elite group embracement of an ecological modernization discourse.
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- Harring, Niklas, 1979, et al.
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Har vi råd med en god miljö?
- 2009
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Ingår i: Holmberg, S. och Weibull, L. (red.) Svensk höst. Trettiofyra kapitel om politik, medier och samhälle. - Göteborg : University of Gothenburg. - 9789189673168 ; , s. 201-211
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)
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- Jagers, Sverker C., 1967, et al.
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Bridging the ideological gap? How fairness perceptions mediate the effect of revenue recycling on public support for carbon taxes in the United States, Canada and Germany(sic)(sic)(sic)Palabras Clave
- 2021
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Ingår i: Review of Policy Research. - : Wiley. - 1541-132X .- 1541-1338. ; 38:5, s. 529-554
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Carbon taxes are frequently advocated as a means of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, yet their political feasibility remains a challenge. To enhance their political appeal, carbon tax proponents have proposed revenue recycling as a means of alleviating public concern with this instrument's visible costs. Analyzing data from identical survey-experiments administered in the United States, Canada, and Germany, we examine the extent to which returning revenues to the public has the potential to broaden the political acceptability of carbon taxes across ideological and national contexts. While public opinion is sensitive to the cost attributes of carbon taxes, we find that in some cases, opposition to carbon taxes can be offset by a reduction in income taxes. However, these effects tend to be modest in size, limited to some ideological groups, and varied across countries. Moreover, we demonstrate that fairness perceptions are a crucial mechanism linking revenue recycling to carbon tax support in all countries examined.
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- Jagers, Sverker C., 1967, et al.
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Consensus or Conflict? Niche Party Behaviors and Their Electoral Success
- 2023
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Ingår i: International Social Science and Humanities Studies. - 2768-105X. ; 3:1
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Niche parties are now a common feature in most countries with multi-party systems. Thus far, however, the literature only provides scattered evidence and unsatisfying theoretical explanations of the mechanisms behind niche parties’ electoral outcomes. In this paper, we propose a mechanism potentially explaining the variation in niche parties’ electoral outcomes: niche party issue distinctiveness. Distinguishing themselves from their political competition, niche parties demonstrate their raison d’être to voters by prioritizing their respective niche issues. In this paper, the functioning of this mechanism is further theorized by showing how various party behaviors – consensus-seeking or conflict-mobilizing – affect the niche party electorate’s perception of the utility of the niche party vote for achieving their preferred policy. This mechanism is tested empirically by a randomized survey vignette experiment,conducted on two different cases of typical niche parties: pro-environment parties and anti-immigration parties. Our experiment indicates that niche party electorates tend to rewards niche parties pursuing a conflict-mobilizing party behavior while rather punishing niche parties pursuing a consensus-seeking party behavior. This research nuances the work done so far on niche parties by placing voting behavior and voter psychology in the center of both our theoretical reasoning and empirical testing.
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- Jagers, Sverker C., 1967, et al.
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Do Ecological Citizens Exist? Operationalising Ecological Citzenship.
- 2009
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Ingår i: The Swedish National Political Science Association Conference in Örebro, 8-9 October 2009.
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- As the discourses of ecological sustainability point towards the active involvement of individuals in the environmental work as an important prerequisite for targeting the sources of environmental degradation, one of the main foci for contemporary environmental policy and political theory is the need for comprehensive individual lifestyle-changes. Within political theory an Ecological Citizenship, reinterpreting the traditional state/individual relationship by straddling the private – public; national – global; and present – future divides, has been suggested a valuable approach to realising a personal responsibility for the environment. Empirical research analysing the prospects for ecological citizenship to function as a route towards individual environmental responsibility is, however, to date lacking in the literature. In this paper we elaborate on how the theory of ecological citizenship can be made empirically operational. We also report preliminary findings from a survey of 3 000 Swedish inhabitants and analyse to what extent the Swedish public fulfil the requirements of different aspects of ecological citizenship theory.
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- Jagers, Sverker C., 1967, et al.
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Ecological citizenship: a driver of pro-environmental behaviour?
- 2014
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Ingår i: Environmental Politics. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0964-4016 .- 1743-8934. ; 23:3, s. 434-453
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In theory, ecological citizenship (EC) has been suggested as a driver of individual pro-environmental behaviour (PEB), providing a more stable foundation for lifestyle changes than reliance on external policy tools. The relevance of EC for explaining PEB is tested by applying data from a Swedish survey designed to capture various aspects of EC. A significant proportion of Swedes fulfil the values-based requirements of ecological citizenship, as outlined in EC-theory. Furthermore, individuals who think along the lines of EC are more likely than others to behave in an environmentally friendly manner in their day-to-day activities. Certain aspects of EC are more important for PEB than others, which implies the need for further theoretical development of EC theory.
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