SOC101Y1 Chapter 16: Chapter 16
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Human exceptionalism paradigm = ideals of steady evolving social progress, increasing prosperity and material comfort, class mobility for all; no time to think about pollution, health hazards, extinction: early 70s start to study environmental issues, dunlap & catton: management, wild land recreation areas, environmental movement, sociology of environmental issues = concern with environmentally related phenomena (resource, environmental sociology = physical environment as a factor that may influence social behaviour, sociological study of environment developed from multiple nuclei. Environmental attitudes, concerns, and behaviours: dunlap and van liere"s new environmental paradigm scale (nep, other techniques to measure environmental concern humans need not adapt to environment etc, used survey data from 2 samples, 12 item scale that measures extent of agreement; balance of nature is delicate & easily upset, found public accepts content of emerging environmental paradigm, ask people, ask respondents to weigh tradeoffs, ex. environmental protection vs. jobs, has public environmental quality concern changed since 70s.
