Green European Revisited

Environmental Behaviour and Attitudes in Europe in the Face of the Polycrisis

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

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This book examines how environmental attitudes and behaviours are evolving across Europe in an age shaped by climate crisis, covid pandemic, wartime, economic stress, energy and other crises – an emerging polycrisis. Drawing on decades of International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) Environment data, it traces shifts in worldviews and lifestyles.The chapters explore how Europeans think about environmental problems, how their priorities change over time, and how everyday lifestyles differ across countries. The volume investigates risk perceptions, public trust in science, ideas of progress and growth, and the ways in which political identities – from far left to far right – shape perceptions of climate change.The book also analyses conditions that encourage or hinder environmental activism. Comparative case studies from Italy, Spain, France, Finland, Austria, and Lithuania reveal the diversity of European environmentalism.By combining longitudinal data, cross-national comparison, and sociological interpretation, the book offers an accessible portrait of how European societies understand and respond to environmental and related issues today. It is essential reading for researchers, policymakers, and anyone interested in Europe’s environmental future.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2026-05-19
Mått:148 x 210 x 25 mm
Vikt:601 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:348
Förlag:Springer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN:9783032183590

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Audrone Telesiene is Professor in Sociology and Communication Science at Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania. She directs the KTU Center for Data Analysis and Archiving, has chaired the European Sociological Association’s ‘RN12 Environment and Society’ research network, and served as lead author and co-convener of the Behavioral, Social and Cultural Task Group for UNEP’s GEO-7 report.Matthias Gross is Professor of Environmental Sociology at Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ in Leipzig, Germany, and by joint appointment, the University of Jena, Germany. He is a founding editor of journal Nature + Culture, coordinating editor of Restoration Ecology, and has chaired the European Sociological Association’s ‘RN12 Environment and Society’ research network.Markus Hadler is Professor at the University of Graz, Austria. He convened the global 2020 ISSP Environment surveys and is Austria’s representative to ISSP. He serves as editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Sociology, and is vice-coordinator of the European Sociological Association’s ‘RN12 Environment and Society’ research network.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1. The Green European and the Age of Polycrisis: An Introduction (Audrone Telesiene, (Matthias Gross and Markus Hadler).- Part I: European Environmental Worldviews and Lifestyles.- Chapter 2. 30 Years of Environmental Attitudes and Behaviours. A Longitudinal Study on Environmental Change and National Affluence in European Societies using ISSP Data (1993-2020) (Matthias Penker and Rebecca Wardana).- Chapter 3. Carbon Footprints Across Europe: Exploring European Emission Lifestyles through ISSP Environment Survey 2020 Data (Stephan Schwarzinger, Markus Hadler, and Neil Bird).- Chapter 4. Shifting Public Priorities on Environmental Issues in Europe(Audronė Telešienė and Aistė Balžekienė).- Part II: Europeans Responding to Environmental Issues.- Chapter 5. Perceptions of the Role of Science, Progress, and Growth in the Context of Environmental Crises in Europe and Beyond (Antoine Dolcerocca, Steven Knauss and Cigdem Adem).- Chapter 6. Climate Change Perceptions Among Far Right and Far Left Europeans (Jose M. Echavarren, Luz M. Gonzalez and Alvaro Fernandez).- Chapter 7. Subjective and Objective Conditions of Country-level Pro-environmental Activism: a Comparative European Perspective (Egle Butkeviciene and Vaidas Morkevicius).- Chapter 8. Boycotting vs. Protest Politics? Identifying Social Drivers in Europe (Robbe Geerts, Hanne Dallenes, and Frederic Vandermoere).- Part III: Understanding Diverse Cases of Environmentalism in Europe.- Chapter 9.Environmentalism by Condition or by Conviction? The Case of Italy (Aurore Jeanne Stanislava Dudka, Francesca Forno, and Natalia Magnani).- Chapter 10. "Periods of Waiting Are Like Periods of Drought”. European Procrastination and Sociological Jurisprudence in Spain, France and Finland (Sophie Nemoz).- Chapter 11. Environmental Attitudes and Behaviour in Austria: Are There Differences between the Rural Areas and Big Cities? (Sigrid Kroismayr and Dimitri Prandner).- Chapter 12. Bridging the Gap: Environmental Attitudes and Behavioural Inconsistencies Among Lithuanian Residents (Vidas Vilcinskas and Jone Vitkauskaite-Ramanauskiene).