A critical feminist system justification analysis of climate obstructionism on the part of conservative white men
Nicolette M. Dakin,
Flávio Azevedo,
John T. Jost
Abstract:In the U.S. and other Western nations, one demographic group is most likely to downplay anthropogenic climate change and its consequences, to embrace the “discourse of delay,” and to resist pro‐environmental policies: conservative white men. In this article, we bring together critical, feminist perspectives on masculinity and environmental dominance and social psychological insights from system justification theory to hypothesize that identity‐protective cognition, material interests, and ideological legitimat… Show more
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