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AbstractThis paper seeks to go beyond thesui enerisconception of the increased role of “green” forces and the concomitant environmentalization of institutional practices in the United States and elsewhere across the world. It is argued that these forces must be located in the transition from social‐democratic to neo‐conservative regimes of social regulation of economy and society that has occurred during the past 15 or so years of global economic stagnation. This transition and its reflection in greening and environmentalization may be seen to have contradictory implications for rural societies. These implications are explored briefly with respect to sustainable development programs in the developing countries, sustainable agricultural research and outreach in the United States, and the possible growth of environmental symbolization of rural

ISSN:0036-0112    

DOI:10.1111/j.1549-0831.1992.tb00454.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1992

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractUsing data obtained from National Opinion Research Center's General Social Surveys (1973–1990), this paper tests two hypotheses concerning possible changes in the sociopolitical correlates of environmental concern. The “broadening base” hypothesis predicts that environmental concern will diffuse throughout the populace, resulting in a broader base of support for environmental protection, while the “economic contingency” hypothesis predicts that the economically deprived will disproportionately withdraw support for environmental protection during poor economic conditions. Analysis of the data over the 18 years, however, failed to lend any clear support for either of the hypotheses. In marked contrast, results indicate that the social bases of environmental concern—at least as measured by the NORC environmental spending item—have remained remarkably stable over nearly two decades despite fluctuating economic, political, and environmental conditions. Younger adults, the well‐educated, political liberals, Democrats, those raised and currently living in urban areas, and those employed outside of primary industries were found to be consistently more supportive of environmental protection than were their respecti

ISSN:0036-0112    

DOI:10.1111/j.1549-0831.1992.tb00455.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1992

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractSociological studies indicate that adherence to the tenets of agrarianism is still widespread in American society. But efforts to identify the structural roots of agrarianism have been only partially successful in that only a small portion of the variation in support of agrarianism can be explained thereby. The multidimensionality of agrarian beliefs and the linkages with underlying values prevalent in American society are explored with data drawn from a national sample of adults. Results indicate that tenets of the agrarian creed are widely endorsed by the American public as a whole. Moreover, beliefs are organized in the form of attitudinal (factor) dimensions corresponding to four of the five tenets of agrarianism identified by Flinn and Johnson (1974): family farm, agrarian fundamentalism, yeomanship (independence), and farm life style. The analysis of scale scores for the first three dimensions indicates that each expresses a different social ethic that is revealed in the unique configuration of American values to which it is significantly related.

ISSN:0036-0112    

DOI:10.1111/j.1549-0831.1992.tb00456.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1992

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractToday sociologists tend to doubt the rural‐urban continuum, the idea that community is more characteristic of country places than cities. Based on an ethnographic study of an English exurban village, I argue that the continuum remains an important source of identity for country residents, one from which they derive social‐psychological and material benefits. They root this conception of themselves as country people in nature, making this identity a particularly secure one. These real social consequences suggest that sociology should no longer doubt the reality of the rural‐urban continuum, at least at the level of the definition of the situation. It, therefore, should remain an important topic of sociological

ISSN:0036-0112    

DOI:10.1111/j.1549-0831.1992.tb00457.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1992

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0036-0112    

DOI:10.1111/j.1549-0831.1992.tb00458.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1992

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0036-0112    

DOI:10.1111/j.1549-0831.1992.tb00459.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1992

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0036-0112    

DOI:10.1111/j.1549-0831.1992.tb00460.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1992

数据来源: WILEY