Environmental Movements and Satisfaction with Governments

IF 0.6 Q4 SOCIOLOGY

COMPARATIVE SOCIOLOGY Pub Date : 2023-06-20 DOI:10.1163/15691330-bja10084

Kaitian. Hu

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Abstract

Environmental movements are a special social movement against environmental injustice, as well as a political conflict regarding environmental issues. To understand the motivation to participate in environmental movements, it is necessary to explore the role of governments in environmental management. Using the cross-sectional data from the China General Social Survey (CGSS) in 2013, the author estimates the associations between participation in environmental movements and satisfaction with governments in environmental management. Results show that participation in environmental movements is not associated with individual satisfaction with the central government but is significantly associated with individual satisfaction with the local government when demographic and socioeconomic characteristics are adjusted in models. This finding suggests that public satisfaction and trust in local governments’ environmental governance can promote the public to participate in environmental protection activities. This study also reflects that Chinese individuals believe the local governments can undertake the responsibility of environmental management, suggesting that the central and local governments reach a consensus on environmental management in China.

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环境运动与政府满意度

环境运动是一场反对环境不公的特殊社会运动，也是一场关于环境问题的政治冲突。为了理解参与环境运动的动机，有必要探索政府在环境管理中的作用。利用2013年中国社会综合调查的横断面数据，作者估计了参与环境运动与对政府环境管理满意度之间的关系。结果表明，当在模型中调整人口和社会经济特征时，参与环境运动与个人对中央政府的满意度无关，但与个人对地方政府的满意度显著相关。这一发现表明，公众对地方政府环境治理的满意度和信任度可以促进公众参与环境保护活动。这项研究也反映了中国个人认为地方政府可以承担环境管理的责任，表明中央和地方政府在中国的环境管理问题上达成了共识。

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COMPARATIVE SOCIOLOGY SOCIOLOGY-

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0.90

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16.70%

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期刊介绍： Comparative Sociology is a quarterly international scholarly journal dedicated to advancing comparative sociological analyses of societies and cultures, institutions and organizations, groups and collectivities, networks and interactions. All submissions for articles are peer-reviewed double-blind. The journal publishes book reviews and theoretical presentations, conceptual analyses and empirical findings at all levels of comparative sociological analysis, from global and cultural to ethnographic and interactionist. Submissions are welcome not only from sociologists but also political scientists, legal scholars, economists, anthropologists and others.