Department of Sociology, University of Utah, United States.
Soc Sci Res. 2013 Mar;42(2):418-31. doi: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2012.10.005. Epub 2012 Nov 5.
The authors assess the extent to which national-level integration in the world polity influences individual-level concern for the environment. While theoretically-derived propositions about such relationships have a deep history in comparative sociology, they-with few exceptions-remain untested. Consistent with past research, employed national-level measures of world polity integration include the relative presence of environmental international nongovernmental organizations (EINGOs) and the existence of environmental ministries. Results of multilevel analyses of individual-level environmental concern in 37 nations indicate that both forms of world polity integration increase the likelihood of individual-level environmental concern, net of other national-level factors and individual-level characteristics; although we find stronger support for the influence of EINGOs as a key variable indicating world polity connection. The findings provide unique support for world polity theory, suggesting that future research should consider how elements of world polity integration influence other forms of individual attitudes and behaviors. The results also highlight the importance in considering global and transnational factors when assessing the determinants of individual attitudes about the environment.
作者评估了世界政治体在国家层面的一体化程度如何影响个人层面的环境关注。虽然关于这些关系的理论推导命题在比较社会学中有很深的历史，但它们——除了少数例外——仍然未经检验。与过去的研究一致，所采用的世界政治体一体化的国家层面衡量标准包括环境国际非政府组织（EINGOs）的相对存在和环境部门的存在。对 37 个国家个人环境关注的多层次分析结果表明，两种形式的世界政治体一体化都增加了个人环境关注的可能性，这是在其他国家层面因素和个人层面特征的基础上得出的；尽管我们发现 EINGOs 的影响作为一个关键变量来表示世界政治体联系的支持更强。这些发现为世界政治体理论提供了独特的支持，表明未来的研究应该考虑世界政治体一体化的要素如何影响其他形式的个人态度和行为。研究结果还强调了在评估个人对环境态度的决定因素时考虑全球和跨国因素的重要性。
