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PERCEPTION OF SOCIETY AND ENVIRONMENT: TEN YEARS AFTER .SOME COMPARATIVE INDICATORS IN SURVEYS OF 1988 AND 1998
Ivan Cifrić
; Filozofski fakultet, Zagreb
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In this paper compared are the results of two surveys from 1988 (N=521) and 1998 (N=577), carried out on a sample consisting of secondary school and university students from five fields: education, medicine, machine engineering, technology, agronomy. Included were five faculties of the University of Zagreb and respective secondary schools. The author was interested in the question whether a change in the type of society brought about a change in young people's attitudes. Compared are answers in both researches.
In the first part of the paper listed are some features characterizing the changes that took place in this decade. Highlighted are the ways of searching for new visions of the world. Special attention is paid to the transitional changes in Croatia (as compared to the situation before 1990): changes of the political system, institutional organization in environmental protection, and changes of the value system.
In the second part of the paper compared are the results from both surveys concerning the interest in environemntal protection, the perception of an ideal society, pollution, issues of ecological development, topical problems in environmental protection, the role of various agents in environmental protection, etc.
The results show that there is no difference in the perception of the most of the perceived problems in both surveys. The young prefer a society that reduces environmental risks and spares natural resources. The conclusion is that in spite of the changes in the Croatian society there are no radical changes in the environmental consciousness of the young. The attitude changes refer to some practical problems: the more important seem to be social changes and job; acute are air pollution, garbage and reduced arable land.
Ključne riječi
Croatia; development; environmental protection; ideal society; the young; transition; values
Hrčak ID:
141687
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Datum izdavanja:
15.5.1999.
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