How to Make the Unpopular Popular? Policy Characteristics, Social Norms and the Acceptability of Environmental Policies

By J. D. de Groot, G. Schuitema. 2012

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

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Individual Factors Influencing Acceptability for Environmental Policies: A Review and Research Agenda (2020, background): “Furthermore, when push measures target low-cost behaviors and there is majority support for the policy, push measures can be as acceptable as pull measures [71].”
What explains public support for climate policies? A review of empirical and experimental studies (2016, background): “…policy’s level of coerciveness and its targeted behaviour: coercive CLIMATE POLICY measures do not appear attractive in general, but acceptance is even lower if the policy targets a high-cost behaviour such as driving compared to a low-cost behaviour such as recycling (De Groot & Schuitema, 2012).”
Listen to others or yourself? The role of personal norms on the effectiveness of social norm interventions to change pro-environmental behavior (2021, background): “Studies have found that both injunctive and descriptive social norms are relevant in relation to a variety of pro-environmental intentions and behaviors (e.g., Allcott, 2011; Costa & Kahn, 2013; De Groot, Abra-hamse, & Jones, 2013; De Groot & Schuitema, 2012).”
How social norms are often a barrier to addressing climate change but can be part of the solution (2020, background): “Would representing reduced energy consumption as a community goal toward which neighbors are working together further foster motivation and without increasing counterproductive social pressure (Oliver & Lee, 2005; de Groot & Schuitema, 2012)?”