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Out of Sync: Is There a Mismatch Between the American Environmental Movement and Public Opinion?.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Out of Sync: Is There a Mismatch Between the American Environmental Movement and Public Opinion?./
Author:	Rothenstein, Rike.
Description:	229 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 77-04(E), Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International77-04A(E).
Subject:	Political science. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3734652
ISBN:	9781339232850

Out of Sync: Is There a Mismatch Between the American Environmental Movement and Public Opinion?.
Rothenstein, Rike.

Out of Sync: Is There a Mismatch Between the American Environmental Movement and Public Opinion?. - 229 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 77-04(E), Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Cincinnati, 2015.

In this dissertation, I examine four national environmental organizations, the Sierra Club, the Wilderness Society, the Natural Resources Defense Council, and Friends of the Earth, in order to determine whether the American environmental movement is an effective advocate of the most pressing environmental concerns of the American public or not. My analysis is based on a comparison of the top environmental priorities of the four organizations with the greatest environmental worries of the general public. The study uses both qualitative and quantitative research methods spanning a 30-year time period. Based on a framing analysis of the groups' annual reports my goal is to determine whether the organizations present their top issues in a human-centered or nature-centered frame. That is, are the organizations mostly concerned how environmental degradation affects wild habitats or do they focus on aspects such as public health? The findings of the framing analysis are then compared to findings based on public opinion data. Here, I use a battery of questions presented by the Gallup Poll to determine a ranking of peoples' biggest environmental worries.

ISBN: 9781339232850Subjects--Topical Terms:

528916
Political science.

Out of Sync: Is There a Mismatch Between the American Environmental Movement and Public Opinion?.
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520 $a In this dissertation, I examine four national environmental organizations, the Sierra Club, the Wilderness Society, the Natural Resources Defense Council, and Friends of the Earth, in order to determine whether the American environmental movement is an effective advocate of the most pressing environmental concerns of the American public or not. My analysis is based on a comparison of the top environmental priorities of the four organizations with the greatest environmental worries of the general public. The study uses both qualitative and quantitative research methods spanning a 30-year time period. Based on a framing analysis of the groups' annual reports my goal is to determine whether the organizations present their top issues in a human-centered or nature-centered frame. That is, are the organizations mostly concerned how environmental degradation affects wild habitats or do they focus on aspects such as public health? The findings of the framing analysis are then compared to findings based on public opinion data. Here, I use a battery of questions presented by the Gallup Poll to determine a ranking of peoples' biggest environmental worries.
520 $a The results show that all four national environmental organizations presented their top issues with a strong nature-centered frame in the 1980s and 1990s; but in the 2000s, three of the organizations added a human-centered frame when discussing environmental degradation. Also, the focus on wildlife and wilderness issues diminished during the most recent decade; and other issues, mostly pollution, global warming and energy were covered more frequently. Here, the environmental organizations are more congruent with the general public who names pollution issues as their biggest environmental worry throughout the 21 years (1989-2010) of the analysis. Public opinion data also show that global warming has been consistently at the bottom of the list of environmental worries. Here, the environmental organizations seem to overestimate peoples' concerns regarding a highly publicized issue which puts them out of sync with the American public.
520 $a Finally, based on regression analysis I examined how people with different demographic backgrounds and political standing evaluate environmental problems. For instance, I was interested to see whether Republicans, while being less inclined to worry about global warming, express similar opinions toward less politically charged issues such as water pollution. The findings show that a partisan divide is thoroughly established during the 2000s and that it exists for all analyzed environmental problems. In regard to demographics, non-white Americans and people with a high school education or less are more likely to be worried about various environmental problems than whites and people with at least some college education. The result could have important ramifications for major environmental organizations. It shows that, while bi-partisan support for the environment is unlikely in the near future, the groups have the option to diversify their constituency based on racial, ethnic, and social backgrounds. Such a diversification could help the environmental movement to increase their political clout and to become a more influential player in national politics. Further research needs to be done to explore the claim.
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