Unique Environmentalism

Cover -- Contents -- Chapter 1: In Defense of Uniqueness -- Data -- The Structure of the Book -- Part I: Perspectives on Unique Environmentalism -- Chapter 2: The Two Anomalies -- The Misconceptions of Norwegian Environmentalism -- An Inclusive Polity in a State-Friendly Society -- The Local Community Perspective -- Two Anomalies Make a Unique Case -- Chapter 3: The Organizational Setting: Early History and Later Developments -- Introduction -- Early History and the Classical Period: 1914-1963 -- The Establishment: 1963-1969 -- Breakthrough and Politization: 1969-1981 -- Recession: 1981-1988 -- Prosperity: 1988-1993 -- Stagnation and Increased Contestation in the 1990s -- A Classification of 12 Environmental Organizations -- Part II: The Environmentalists. Who They Are, How They Think, and How They Behave -- Chapter 4: Who Are the Environmentalists? -- Introduction -- Gender -- Age -- Education -- Income -- Public Versus Private Sector -- Residence -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5: Environmentalists Without an Attitude -- Introduction -- From Right to Left -- Postmaterialism -- Grid-Group Theory -- Anthropocentrism Versus Ecocentrism -- Technology and Religion -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6: Political and Environmental Behavior -- Introduction -- Political Behavior -- Environmental Behavior -- Purity and Danger -- The Attitude-Behavior Correspondence -- Conclusion -- Part III: The Local Community Perspective in the State-Friendly Society -- Chapter 7: The Local Community Perspective -- Introduction -- Center-Periphery and the View on Nature -- The Exclusion of Animal Rights from Environmentalism -- Animal Rights Attitudes: Two Legs Good -- Conclusion -- Chapter 8: The State-Friendly Society -- Introduction -- The Financial Dilemma of Organized Environmentalism -- Between Fragmentation and Unity -- Relationship with the Authorities -- Organizational Measures for Environmental Ends -- Most Important Area to Affect -- Decision-making and Decentralization -- Trust in Institutions -- Accepting the Issue-Dismissing the Agent -- Organized Environmentalism and Democracy -- Democracy Inside Organizations -- Democracy External to Organizations -- Conclusion -- Chapter 9: Withering Uniqueness? -- Introduction -- Organized Environmentalists Are Almost Like People in General -- Balancing Between State and Local Communities -- Withering Uniqueness? -- References -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix A: Sample Weights -- Appendix B: Internet Addresses -- Index -- Last Page.