Researching Environmental Citizenship and its Publics

Luque, Emilio

doi:10.1080/09644010500054947

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“…The idea that even the cumulative impact of many such small actions is meaningful in real terms has also been challenged-MacKay (2009) for example argues that -the mantra ‗little changes can make a big difference' is bunkum, when applied to climate change‖ [48]; and Wolf et al [37] draw attention to numerous other studies that question the effectiveness of individual action and people's ability to enact change. Luque [49] furthermore argues that unless ‗doing one's share' takes as its focus an intention to alter structural conditions (as opposed to undertaking only limited behavioural measures) then the wider context within which people act will remain unchanged.…”

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Public Understanding of Climate Change as a Social Dilemma

Capstick

2013

Sustainability

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Climate change is often referred to as one of the most complicated challenges facing humanity, characterised in various literatures as a social dilemma operating at multiple scales (individual, national, international). The present study considers the ways in which members of the public interpret climate change in these terms, drawing on data from multiple datasets, both qualitative and quantitative, from 1997 to 2011. As well as drawing out the nuances in participants' perspectives on the social and societal dilemmas inherent to climate change, the present study also highlights the rejoinders and resolutions proposed by people to these dilemmas. It is suggested that recognition of the ways people find to navigate these difficult issues offers some cause for optimism regarding the public's conceptualisation of, and response to, climate change.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Public Understanding of Climate Change as a Social Dilemma

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2013

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“…‫بكست‬ ‫اهسضاغدت‬ ‫توم‬ (Dean, 2001;MacGregor, 2006;Smith, 2005;Luque, 2005;Dobson & Derek, 2005;Dobson & Bell , 2005). ; Juilie et al,2005 ;Barry, 2006 ;Seyfang, 2006 …”

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Environmental Citizenship from the Perspective of University Staff at Ain Shams University

Abdelaal

2017

J. educ. psychol. stud.

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The study aimed at identifying the dimensions of environmental citizenship from the perspective of university staff members in Ain Shams University, and its relation with some variables including gender, college (theoretical and practical) and scientific degree. The study was done using the descriptive method, and a questionnaire consisting of 63 items distributed on four dimensions (Environmental Justice -Environmental Rights Environmental Responsibility and participation in environmental decision-making). The researcher checked its validity and reliability and the questionnaire was distributed to a sample consists of 268 University staff Member's. The results of the study showed that there were differences in the average of the degrees of perception of Ain Shams university staff members of dimensions of the environmental citizenship. The dimension of environmental rights came in the first degree, as it reflected a very large degree of perception, followed by both dimensions of environmental responsibility and participation in environmental decision-making, which reflected a large degree of perception, and finally the dimension of environmental justice which reflecteda a medium degree of perception. The study also showed that there no were statistically significant differences related to gender, while there were statistically significant differences at the level of 0.05 related to the variables of college and scientific degree.

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“…Through this lens, ‘[c]itizens are who they are by virtue of participating in the life of their political community, and by identifying with its characteristics’ (Shafir, : 11). Similarly, environmental citizenship ‘encompasses the ability of people around the world to inhabit a shared imaginary community where global issues … are, first of all, visible in their interconnectedness, and secondly, in part as a consequence of this experience of sharedness, amenable to common regulation’ (Luque, : 212). In Latin America, environmental citizenship is connected to liberal ideas of equal treatment before the law, but is also infused with a strong communitarianism such as the demand for citizens to participate in the governance of natural resources which would facilitate a more democratic politics of nature.…”

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Asphalt Dreams: Road Construction and Environmental Citizenship in Peru

Pieck¹

2013

Development and Change

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Peru today is one of the main staging grounds for a continent‐wide integration effort. Launched in 2000, the Initiative for the Integration of Regional Infrastructure in South America (IIRSA) calls for an enormous expansion of the continent's transport and energy networks and an effort to increase the region's economic competitiveness. Among its most controversial projects is the Interoceanic Highway linking western Brazil with the Pacific coast of Peru. The highway has attracted fierce criticism from NGOs who point to major environmental impacts, an inadequate mitigation process, and a lack of transparency in funding flows and decision making. In an effort to voice their concerns, these groups engage the idea of ‘environmental governance’ to increase public participation in the development process and promote ecological sustainability. This alternative framework in turn opens up space for ‘environmental citizenship’. This article takes a closer look at how Peruvian NGOs employ this idea and suggests that while the group's advocacy of governance has had success, the building of environmental citizenship will require a move beyond urban Peruvian NGOs as technical experts.

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Researching Environmental Citizenship and its Publics

Cited by 33 publications

References 23 publications

Public Understanding of Climate Change as a Social Dilemma

Public Understanding of Climate Change as a Social Dilemma

Environmental Citizenship from the Perspective of University Staff at Ain Shams University

Asphalt Dreams: Road Construction and Environmental Citizenship in Peru

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