{"title":"EXPRESS: Breaking Climate Change Polarization","authors":"Aylin Cakanlar","doi":"10.1177/07439156241244737","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Climate change has become an increasingly polarizing issue in the United States and across the globe, a divide reflected in the sustainable behaviors of liberals and conservatives. Previous studies have investigated the psychological underpinnings of this polarization in the sustainability domain; however, findings have been fragmented across disciplines. The current work aims to integrate and synthesize academic research at the intersection of political ideology and sustainable behavior to propose a framework that explains polarized responses to climate change. This framework, represented by the acronym BREAK, suggests that several key factors can shed light on the underlying causes of the division regarding climate change. These factors include Balance, Reactance, Essence of the problem, Adherence to ingroup norms, and Knowledge. The author also employs this framework to propose strategies for reducing climate change polarization and outline potential avenues for future research. Overall, this review can help policymakers, practitioners, and academics in their endeavors to increase sustainable behavior across the political spectrum.","PeriodicalId":51437,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Public Policy & Marketing","volume":"3 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.1000,"publicationDate":"2024-03-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Public Policy & Marketing","FirstCategoryId":"91","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1177/07439156241244737","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"BUSINESS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Climate change has become an increasingly polarizing issue in the United States and across the globe, a divide reflected in the sustainable behaviors of liberals and conservatives. Previous studies have investigated the psychological underpinnings of this polarization in the sustainability domain; however, findings have been fragmented across disciplines. The current work aims to integrate and synthesize academic research at the intersection of political ideology and sustainable behavior to propose a framework that explains polarized responses to climate change. This framework, represented by the acronym BREAK, suggests that several key factors can shed light on the underlying causes of the division regarding climate change. These factors include Balance, Reactance, Essence of the problem, Adherence to ingroup norms, and Knowledge. The author also employs this framework to propose strategies for reducing climate change polarization and outline potential avenues for future research. Overall, this review can help policymakers, practitioners, and academics in their endeavors to increase sustainable behavior across the political spectrum.
在美国和全球范围内,气候变化已成为一个日益两极分化的问题,自由派和保守派的可持续行为反映了这一分歧。以往的研究已经对可持续发展领域这种两极分化的心理基础进行了调查;然而,不同学科的研究结果并不统一。目前的工作旨在整合和综合政治意识形态与可持续行为交叉领域的学术研究,提出一个框架来解释对气候变化的两极化反应。该框架以首字母缩写 BREAK 为代表,认为有几个关键因素可以揭示造成气候变化分歧的根本原因。这些因素包括平衡(Balance)、反应(Reactance)、问题的本质(Essence of the problem)、对群体内规范的遵守(Adherence to ingroup norms)和知识(Knowledge)。作者还利用这一框架提出了减少气候变化两极分化的策略,并概述了未来研究的潜在途径。总之,这篇综述可以帮助政策制定者、实践者和学术界努力在政治领域内提高可持续行为。
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Journal of Public Policy & Marketing welcomes manuscripts from diverse disciplines to offer a range of perspectives. We encourage submissions from individuals with varied backgrounds, such as marketing, communications, economics, consumer affairs, law, public policy, sociology, psychology, anthropology, or philosophy. The journal prioritizes well-documented, well-reasoned, balanced, and relevant manuscripts, regardless of the author's field of expertise.