Exploring the multifaceted relationship between environmental attitudes and political voting

IF 6.6 2区经济学 Q1 ECOLOGY Ecological Economics Pub Date : 2025-01-15 DOI:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2025.108518

Enrico A.R. D’Ecclesiis , Eugenio Levi , Fabrizio Patriarca

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Abstract

Understanding the intricate connection between various individual attitudes toward the environment and support for environmental political parties is essential. In this study, we use the 2016 climate change module from the European Social Survey, employing a wide range of individual features and a machine learning approach to explore this complex relationship. Our analysis reveals a decoupling between personal and political dimensions of pro-environmental attitudes. While pro-environmental sensitivity and climate change awareness primarily identify individuals engaged in ecologically-conscious personal behavior, they do not necessarily indicate support for eco-friendly policies. Furthermore, while sensitivity and engagement are associated with increased civic participation and less support for populist political parties, increased support for pro-environmental parties is primarily linked to policy support for eco-friendly initiatives. These findings emphasize the need for comprehensive strategies to garner support for environmental policies in both personal and political realms.

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探索环境态度与政治投票之间的多方面关系

了解个人对环境的不同态度和对环保政党的支持之间的复杂联系是至关重要的。在本研究中，我们使用欧洲社会调查中的2016年气候变化模块，采用广泛的个体特征和机器学习方法来探索这种复杂的关系。我们的分析揭示了亲环境态度的个人层面和政治层面之间的脱钩。虽然亲环境敏感性和气候变化意识主要是指从事生态意识个人行为的个人，但它们并不一定表明支持生态友好政策。此外，虽然敏感性和参与度与公民参与的增加和对民粹主义政党的支持减少有关，但对亲环境政党的支持增加主要与对生态友好倡议的政策支持有关。这些调查结果强调需要制定综合战略，以便在个人和政治领域为环境政策争取支持。

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Ecological Economics 环境科学-环境科学

CiteScore

12.00

自引率

5.70%

发文量

313

审稿时长

6 months

期刊介绍： Ecological Economics is concerned with extending and integrating the understanding of the interfaces and interplay between "nature''s household" (ecosystems) and "humanity''s household" (the economy). Ecological economics is an interdisciplinary field defined by a set of concrete problems or challenges related to governing economic activity in a way that promotes human well-being, sustainability, and justice. The journal thus emphasizes critical work that draws on and integrates elements of ecological science, economics, and the analysis of values, behaviors, cultural practices, institutional structures, and societal dynamics. The journal is transdisciplinary in spirit and methodologically open, drawing on the insights offered by a variety of intellectual traditions, and appealing to a diverse readership. Specific research areas covered include: valuation of natural resources, sustainable agriculture and development, ecologically integrated technology, integrated ecologic-economic modelling at scales from local to regional to global, implications of thermodynamics for economics and ecology, renewable resource management and conservation, critical assessments of the basic assumptions underlying current economic and ecological paradigms and the implications of alternative assumptions, economic and ecological consequences of genetically engineered organisms, and gene pool inventory and management, alternative principles for valuing natural wealth, integrating natural resources and environmental services into national income and wealth accounts, methods of implementing efficient environmental policies, case studies of economic-ecologic conflict or harmony, etc. New issues in this area are rapidly emerging and will find a ready forum in Ecological Economics.