Trust and environmental activism across regions and countries

Sandra T. Marquart-Pyatt ()
Additional contact information
Sandra T. Marquart-Pyatt: Michigan State University

Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, 2018, vol. 8, issue 3, No 2, 249-263

Abstract: Abstract In recent decades, research reveals that environmental activism has declined globally and identifies distinctive regional patterns and possible national trends. Improving our understanding of what shapes environmental activism is important for comparative social science scholarship. This study addresses this challenge through investigation of a model of environmental activism that includes environmental trust along with a core set of predictors from previous scholarly work. Comparisons are conducted both across regions and countries using structural equation modeling with latent variables and a unique set of items only available in the 2000 International Social Survey Program data. Although important similarities are revealed across regions, results also show unanticipated effects. In addition, findings for 22 countries individually reveal intriguing patterning. Analyses both by region and by country advance our collective understanding of the predictors shaping environmental activism and provide fruitful avenues for future study.

Keywords: Environmental trust; Environmental activism; Cross-national; Structural equation modeling (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (2)

Downloads: (external link)
http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s13412-018-0498-1 Abstract (text/html)
Access to the full text of the articles in this series is restricted.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:jenvss:v:8:y:2018:i:3:d:10.1007_s13412-018-0498-1

Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from
http://www.springer.com/economics/journal/13412

DOI: 10.1007/s13412-018-0498-1

Access Statistics for this article

Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences is currently edited by Walter A. Rosenbaum

More articles in Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences from Springer, Association of Environmental Studies and Sciences
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sonal Shukla () and Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing ().