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Think globally, act locally'? Climate change and public participation in Manchester and Frankfurt
’Think Globally, Act Locally’ was one of the most famous slogans of the 1970s environmental movement. Discourses about global climate change are now a vivid illustration of this new ‘global thinking’. Although there is a substantial amount of research about global environmental issues and policy initiatives, there is still a gap in understanding of how lay publics actually comprehend global climate change. Using qualitative research method, this study is a comparison of how lay publics in Frankfurt (Germany) and Manchester (UK) perceive these issues and the possible solutions. The study found strong similarities in lay public perceptions in both cities including that (1) awareness of global environmental issues is always contextualised in broader perspectives not exclusively ‘environmental’, (2) there is a shared and strong sense of global equity based on recognition of differences and (3) there is an ambivalence about the role of environmental ‘information’. Differences between lay public perceptions in Manchester and Frankfurt can be explained by specific features of national cultures.
Think globally, act locally'? Climate change and public participation in Manchester and Frankfurt
’Think Globally, Act Locally’ was one of the most famous slogans of the 1970s environmental movement. Discourses about global climate change are now a vivid illustration of this new ‘global thinking’. Although there is a substantial amount of research about global environmental issues and policy initiatives, there is still a gap in understanding of how lay publics actually comprehend global climate change. Using qualitative research method, this study is a comparison of how lay publics in Frankfurt (Germany) and Manchester (UK) perceive these issues and the possible solutions. The study found strong similarities in lay public perceptions in both cities including that (1) awareness of global environmental issues is always contextualised in broader perspectives not exclusively ‘environmental’, (2) there is a shared and strong sense of global equity based on recognition of differences and (3) there is an ambivalence about the role of environmental ‘information’. Differences between lay public perceptions in Manchester and Frankfurt can be explained by specific features of national cultures.
Think globally, act locally'? Climate change and public participation in Manchester and Frankfurt
Darier, Éric (author) / Schüle, Ralf (author)
Local Environment ; 4 ; 317-329
1999-10-01
13 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
Unknown
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