Original scientific paper
VALUE PREFERENCES AS DETERMINANTS OF ENVIRONENTAL BEHAVIOUR IN CROATIA
Nenad Karajić
; Faculty of Philosphy, Zagreb
Abstract
The paper starts with pre supposition that environmental processes are cultural facts, i.e. that the environment and issues connected with it are not being perceived objectively, but are being cognitively remodelled and valued, while this perception is being determined by societal factors. On the basis of such a determination, the meaning of two concepts have been analyzed, i.e. environmental awareness and environmental behaviour, which is later on being brought in connection with changes of basic perceptive and value patterns that structuralize human behaviour.
In the second part of the paper, after empirically establishing the structure of central value contrasts on the representative sample of major population in Croatia, the author starts with the hypotheses that value dichotomies that have been established are statistically significant determinants of environmental behaviour. The statistical confirmation of this relation has been checked up with the help of multiple linear regression analysis. It has been shown that the pre supposed model of value contrasts has a very limited predictive authority, i.e. that its contribution to the interpretation of environmental behaviour of Croatian citizens is relatively modest.
The final part directs to the conclusion that environmental behaviour is not formed in the field of political and religious discussions and clashes, but is an expression of the contrast of “materialistic” and “post materialistic” values, or the cultural sphere of a society.
Keywords
environmental awareness; environmental behaviour; religious; party and value preferences
Hrčak ID:
141672
URI
Publication date:
15.1.1999.
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