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    Cultural models of nature and society reconsidering environmental attitudes and concern
    (Sage Publications Inc, 2006) N/A; Department of Sociology; Department of Sociology; Ignatow, Gabriel; Faculty Member; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; N/A
    Social scientists have long debated the factors influencing public concern for the natural environment. This study attempts to contribute to this debate by arguing that environmental concern is shaped by both "spiritual" and "ecological" cultural models of nature-society relations and that by distinguishing between these two, we can better recognize the social sources of variation in concern for the environment. An analysis of questionnaire data from 21 nations from the 1993 International Social Survey Program using ordinary least squares regression models shows that spiritual and ecological environmental worldviews have different social bases. Education generally positively predicts the latter but not the former. Patterns of national differences are noteworthy as well. Thus, conceptualizing public concern for the environment in terms of distinct cultural models may be more revealing than focusing on environmental concern as such.
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    Economic dependency and environmental attitudes in Turkey
    (Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2005) N/A; Department of Sociology; Department of Sociology; Ignatow, Gabriel; Faculty Member; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; N/A
    Studies of public opinion on environmental issues have been influenced by theories of class conflict and of value change resulting from economic security, but not much by dependency theories. This paper argues that the economic dependence of developing nations on wealthier nations and international lending institutions can substantially affect public opinion within developing nations. Specifically, in developing nations, citizens' awareness of their country's dependence on foreign investment and loans, and of the state's limited sovereignty over domestic environmental issues, can combine to tamp down national support for and knowledge of environmental campaigns even when such campaigns find strong local support, and even when environmental concern is generally strong. A review of two environmental movements and of public opinion in Turkey since the early 1980s suggests that an explanation based on dependency theory, rather than on theories of class conflict or postmaterialism, can best account for how economic processes influence public opinion.
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    Speaking together, thinking together? Exploring metaphor and cognition in a shipyard union dispute
    (Wiley, 2004) N/A; Department of Sociology; Department of Sociology; Ignatow, Gabriel; Faculty Member; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; N/A
    Social scientists recognize that discourses are structured by historical and social processes, but only rarely make the case that discourses have internal coherence due to processes of individual and social cognition. Where social scientists have argued for internal structuring, however, they have disagreed over how language and cognition interact for (1) individuals, (2) dyads, and (3) social groups. Using semantic sequence and metaphor analysis, I analyze transcripts of a series of meetings of Scottish shipyard workers in order to investigate cognitive schemas structuring the workers' discourse. Results show how individuals' schemas shaped their participation in their group's discourse. Possible future uses of the analytic method developed in this paper are discussed.