Original scientific paper

SOCIAL–ENVIRONMENTAL ACTORS AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

Krešimir Kufrin ; Faculty of Philosophy, Zagreb

Abstract

The paper presents some of the results of a sociological research carried out in 1944. on the sample (N=682) that included seven groups of respondents: (1) environmentalists, (2) employees of state institutions in the field of environmental protection, (3) scientists, (4) teachers, (5) artists, (6) journalists, and (7) businessmen.
Attitudes of particular respondent groups regarding the contribution of the most relevant social–environmental actors to environmental protection in Croatia, and the efficiency of certain environmental protection instruments are being analyzed.
The greatest credit for environmental protection in Croatia is given to science and environmental movement, while the contribution of political parties and business is assessed to be the smallest
Regarding the efficiency of various environmental protection instruments, factor analysis extracted 7 latent dimensions (environmental protection concepts): 1. Civil–society regulation of environmental protection; 2. Economical regulation of environmental protection; 3. Educational and scientific regulation of environmental protection; 4. International help and implementation of international standards; 5. Direct political regulation of environmental protection; 6. Legal regulation of environmental protection; 7. Restriction vs. moral condemnation.
The relation of particular respondent groups (social–environmental actors) to above mentioned concepts is being analyzed.

Keywords

environmental protection concepts; social–environmental actors; environmental protection instruments

Hrčak ID:

141371

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/141371

Publication date:

15.5.1995.

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