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The value of citizenship - ecological citizens and pro-environmental behaviour
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- Jagers, Sverker C., 1967 (author)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Statsvetenskapliga institutionen,Department of Political Science
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- Martinsson, Johan, 1975 (author)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Statsvetenskapliga institutionen,Department of Political Science
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- 2010
- 2010
- English.
- In: Swedish Political Science Association Meeting, sep 30 - oct 2 2010.
- Conference paper (other academic/artistic)
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- The active involvement of individuals in pro-environmental activities has been increasingly emphasized as an important prerequisite for targeting the sources of environmental degradation. Such involvement can consist in the adoption of comprehensive individual lifestyle-changes or in acceptance of environmental policies. Within political theory an Ecological Citizenship (EC), reinterpreting the traditional state/individual relationship by straddling the private – public; national – global; and present – future divides, has been suggested a valuable approach to realizing a personal responsibility for the environment. As of today, however, empirical research concerning whether the major EC-characteristics are actually an important determinant of pro-environmental behaviour among citizens are still lacking. We compare two sets of individuals: one group guided by traditional (liberal) democratic political citizenship ideals and another representing the ideals emphasized in the ecological citizenship-literature. The key question in the paper is weather ecological citizens differ from “traditional” citizens with strong green attitudes in their environmental behaviour. Is a general green attitudinal orientation enough to bring about behavioural changes? Based on survey data from a Swedish mail questionnaire in Spring 2009, we conclude that ecological citizens are considerably more pro-environmental in their behaviour than others, even when taking general environmental attitudes into account.
Subject headings
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Statsvetenskap -- Statsvetenskap (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Political Science -- Political Science (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- sustainable development
- citizenship
- ecological citizenship
- attitudes
- behaviour
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- kon (subject category)
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