Original scientific paper

Environmental Protection in the Reconstruction and Development of Croatia

Ivan CIFRIĆ

Abstract

An empirical survey was conducted on a sample of students
(N=685; 1997) attending four faculties at Zagreb University.
Three instruments were constructed: for the perceptions of:
(1) "coordinating economic development and postwar reconstruction",
(2) "ethos-types" (egocentrics, utilitarians, biocentrics,
holists), and (3) "state sovereignty over natural resources".
The first instrument (1) uncovered two views: "ecological
regulatory protectionism" – advantage to environmental
protection executed by government measures and
"ecological regulatory liberalism" – advantage to private
ownership and liberal legislature. The other two instruments
(2,3) indicate the following: 91% accept the holistic ethos
and limitations of state sovereignty over natural resources.
The comparison of instruments (1,2,3) shows the following:
anthropocentrically oriented ethos-types (egocentrics and
utilitarians) as well as supporters of unlimited state sovereignty over natural resources are more prone towards
regulatory liberalism", while neoanthropocentrics (biocentrics
and holists) and supporters of limited state sovereignty are
more inclined towards "regulatory protectionism".

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Hrčak ID:

20392

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/20392

Publication date:

31.12.1998.

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