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It has been assumed that mere awareness of the causes of environmental degradation will not motivate citizens to reduce pollution. Here the authors counter-argue that most citizens are willing to contribute voluntarily towards safeguarding the environment, but that their willingness depends on the s...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Pellikaan, Huib
Other Authors: Veen, Robert J. van der
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
Series:Theories of institutional design.
Subjects:
Environmental policy > Netherlands.
Environmental protection > Netherlands > Citizen participation.
Rational choice theory.
Environnement > Politique gouvernementale > Pays-Bas.
Environnement > Protection > Pays-Bas > Participation des citoyens.
Théorie des choix rationnels.
SCIENCE > Environmental Science (see also Chemistry > Environmental)
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Environmental Policy.
Environmental policy
Environmental protection > Citizen participation
Rational choice theory
Milieubeleid.
Rationele keuze.
Politique de l'environnement > Aspect social > Pays-Bas.
Choix rationnels, Théorie des.
Netherlands
Samfundsvidenskab > Sociologi.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Background
  • Environmental pollution as a problem of collective action
  • Dutch approach: self-regulation as a policy concept
  • Actor's perspective on collective action
  • Part II. The survey
  • Preference orderings and measurement
  • Rational choice
  • Consistency of motives and preferences
  • Non-equivalence of the cases
  • Reported behaviour
  • Part III. Conclusions: theory and policy
  • Do people accept self-regulation policy?
  • Do people agree with the environmental ethos?
  • Moral commitment and rational cooperation
  • Reciprocity and cooperation in environmental dilemmas
  • Assessing self-regulation policies.

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