Deborah McCarthy Auriffeille

Everyday People Save the Planet and So Can You

A Qualitative Examination of Green Lifestyles in Lowcountry South Carolina

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Produktbeschreibung

Everyday People Save the Planet and So Can You: A Qualitative Examination of Green Lifestyles in Lowcountry South Carolina examines three interview studies conducted over the last two decades with green parents, choice utility bike commuters, and necessity utility bike commuters. This book draws on qualitative analyses of the data and literature (social practice, social innovation, embodiment, and attention economy research/theory) to ask and answer the question of how advocates and policy makers can enable pro-environmental behavior in people's everyday lives. Deborah McCarthy Auriffeille begins by focusing on the particularities of living green in Lowcountry South Carolina, a region that is both highly conservative and conservationist. She then examines the pathways to, challenges of, and meanings/motivations that practitioners told about green living. Finally, she draws on analyses of respondents' narratives and interdisciplinary theory to make policy recommendations and suggestions for future social science research directions.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. September 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 394g
• ISBN-13: 9781793616166
• ISBN-10: 1793616167
• Artikelnr.: 64948782

Autorenporträt

Deborah McCarthy Auriffeille is associate professor of sociology and associate chair of sociology and anthropology at the College of Charleston.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter One: Conservation Is What You Are Doing!: Living Green in
Lowcountry South Carolina
Chapter Two: Pathways to Living Green
Chapter Three: Green Parenting Challenges
Chapter Four: Green Living Motivations and Meanings
Conclusion