Cool dudes: The denial of climate change among conservative white males in the United States

By Aaron M. McCright, R. Dunlap. 2011

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Subfields: Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Sociology and Political Science

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The appeal of the green deal: Empirical evidence for the influence of energy efficiency policy on renovating homeowners (2015, background): “Economic downturn: In their study Scruggs and Benegal (2012) examined 40 years of public opinion data on environmental policy finding a clear rebound effect existed with respect to beliefs and concerns about climate change and short-term economic activity.”
Job losses and political acceptability of climate policies: why the ‘job-killing’ argument is so persistent and how to overturn it (2018, background): “Scruggs and Benegal (2012) used a panel of public opinion surveys in the US and EU to show that concern for climate change dramatically declined after the 2008 recession.”
Public understanding of, and attitudes to, climate change: UK and international perspectives and policy (2012, background): “Environmental issues can be temporarily driven out of sight for many people by more pressing concerns, and the most obvious of these has been the global financial crisis (Scruggs and Benegal, 2012).”
Socio-Structural and Psychological Foundations of Climate Change Beliefs (2015, neutral): “These findings suggest that belief in the reality of climate change is associated with a more liberal political orientation, which is in line with past research (e.g., Fransson & Gärling, 1999; McCright & Dunlap, 2011b).”
EU climate policy after the crisis (2014, background): “Similarly, it is often argued that public concern for the environment is much greater during times of prosperity (Scruggs and Benegal 2012).”
Conditional Cooperation and Climate Change (2014, neutral): “…Republicans, and 22% did not identify with either major party.6 This skew in the political views could be consequential, since Democrats and Republicans are known to have different opinions toward climate change (Dunlap & McCright, 2008; Krosnick, Holbrook, & Visser, 2000; McCright & Dunlap, 2011).”
What explains public support for climate policies? A review of empirical and experimental studies (2016, background): “…countries that economic conditions associated with higher economic growth and employment tend to be linked with higher environmental concern and support for environmental protection (Franzen & Vogl, 2013; Gelissen, 2007; Halbheer, Niggli, & CLIMATE POLICY Schmutzler, 2006; Scruggs & Benegal, 2012).”
Resistance to Change: A Social Psychological Perspective (2015, positive): “…environmental scientists have learned a good deal more about the causes, 614 social research consequences, and manifestations of climate change over the last 10 to 20 years, ideological polarization has increased rather than decreased during this time period (Guber 2012; McCright and Dunlap 2011b).”
Emotional Awareness: On the Importance of Including Emotional Aspects in Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) (2013, neutral): “a belief in a just world, world views which are threatened by information about climate change (Feinberg and Willer, 2011; Kahan et al., 2012; McCright and Dunlap, 2011).”
Public Attitudes toward Climate Science and Climate Policy in Federal Systems: Canada and the United States Compared† (2012, neutral): “Previous studies of opinion in the United States by Zia and Todd (2010) and McCright and Dunlap (2011) have provided evidence of a strong correlation between an individual’s partisan affiliation and his or her views on climate change.”
Framing Climate Change: Economics, Ideology, and Uncertainty in American News Media Content From 1988 to 2014 (2019, background): “People are less likely to support climate change mitigation policies when the economy is underperforming (Elliott et al., 1997), and concernwith climate change is correlated with higher levels of employment and income (Scruggs and Benegal, 2012; Carmichael et al., 2017).”