Re: environmental crisis as motivation for action

[Susi Moser]

Erika - I'd recommend Deborah Lynn Guber at the University of Vermont. (http://www.uvm.edu/~dguber/about.htm) Here are a couple of relevant articles/papers, though the literature is wide, especially when looking at specific environmental issues (if the links don't work, go to her website, and download from there!): "Voting Preferences and the Environment in the American Electorate." 2001. Society and Natural Resources, 14 (6): 455-469. "Environmental Voting in the American States: A Tale of Two Initiatives." 2001. State and Local Government Review, 33 (2): 120-132. "Up and Down With Ecology Revisited: The Stability of Public Attitudes Toward Environmental Spending, 1973-1998," 33rd Annual Conference of the Northeastern Political Science Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 8-10, 2001. "Issue Voting and the Environment in the American Electorate," 31st Annual Conference of the Northeastern Political Science Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 10-13, 1999. "Motivating the Citizen-Consumer: Environmental Values in the Voting Booth and the Marketplace," Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Atlanta, Georgia, September 2-5, 1999. With co-author Christopher J. Bosso, "The Boundaries and Contours of American Environmental Activism." 2002. In, Environmental Policy: New Directions for the Twenty-First Century, 5th edition. Norman J. Vig, and Michael E. Kraft, editors. Washington, DC: CQ Press: 79-101. Susi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I know that this discussion ended sometime ago, but I have a related question for the list. What would be the classic readings on public opinion polling in the US and the environment. In particular, are there any outstanding articles that can explain why Americans may support the environment when polled, but when it comes to translating preferences into outcomes, they do not vote for the environment? Thus, rather than "action" in the broader sense as proposed by Ken, I am interested in "action" as "voting." Thanks, Erika Weinthal ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. -- ***************************************** Susanne C. Moser, Ph.D. Institute for the Study of Society and Environment (ISSE) National Center for Atmospheric Research P.O.Box 3000 Boulder, CO 80307-3000 Tel.: 303.497.8132 Fax.: 303.497.8125 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.isse.ucar.edu/moser/index.html ******************************************