Gabriel Ignatow

Schools, Science, and the Social Bases of Global Environmentalism

An Institutional Analysis of Environmental Organizations and Worldviews

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book contributes to scholarly understanding of
global environmentalism by developing an
institutional analysis of national variations in
social responses to environmental damage. The core
of the book''s argument is the idea that Western-
style mass education encourages both public concern
for the environment and the establishment of ecology
organizations through four main channels. Mass
public education (1) raises general literacy and the
capacity for complex and voluntary organization, (2)
increases citizens cosmopolitanism, i.e. their
interest in regional, national, and global politics,
(3) increases cultural individualization, and (4)
incorporates ecological topics and themes into
school curricula. The book includes two empirical
studies, the first on public opinion on
environmental issues, the second on the creation of
environmental organizations. Both studies are
comparative and global in scope.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
• Seitenzahl: 92
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm
• ISBN-13: 9783639111743
• ISBN-10: 3639111745
• Artikelnr.: 25649993

Autorenporträt

Gabriel Ignatow is an assistant professor of sociology at the
University of North Texas. He completed his Ph.D. in sociology
at Stanford University in 2003, and has taught at Stanford, at
Koç University in Turkey, and at Bar-Ilan University in Israel.
His research interests are in the areas of globalization and
cultural sociology.