UID:
almafu_9959240413002883
Umfang:
1 online resource (xiv, 247 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-107-11481-0
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1-280-41877-X
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0-511-17748-8
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0-511-03999-9
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0-511-14784-8
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0-511-33012-X
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0-511-49106-9
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0-511-05040-2
Serie:
Theories of institutional design
Inhalt:
According to the logic of collective action, mere awareness of the causes of environmental degradation will not motivate rational agents to reduce pollution. Yet some government policies aim to enlist citizens in schemes of voluntary cooperation, drawing on an ethos of collective responsibility. Are such policies doomed to failure? This book provides a novel application of rational choice theory to a large-scale survey of environmental attitudes in The Netherlands. Its main findings are that rational citizens are motivated to cooperate towards a less polluted environment to a large extent, but that their willingness to assume responsibility depends on the social context of the collective action problem they face. This empirical study is an important volume in the development of a more consistent foundation for rational choice theory in policy analysis, which seeks to clarify major theoretical issues concerning the role of moral commitment, self-interest and reciprocity in environmental behaviour.
Anmerkung:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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Environmental pollution as a problem of collective action --
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Dutch approach: self-regulation as a policy concept --
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Actor's perspective on collective action --
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Preference orderings and measurement --
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Rational choice --
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Consistency of motives and preferences --
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Non-equivalence of the cases --
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Reported behaviour --
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Do people accept self-regulation policy? --
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Do people agree with the environmental ethos? --
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Moral commitment and rational cooperation --
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Reciprocity and cooperation in environmental dilemmas --
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Assessing self-regulation policies.
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-521-62764-8
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-521-62156-9
Sprache:
Englisch
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511491061
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