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Serene tea: understanding contemporary conservative environmentalism in the United States using a mixed methods approach

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dc.contributor.authorThunell, Elijah, author
dc.contributor.authorHempel, Lynn, advisor
dc.contributor.authorDuffy, Robert, committee member
dc.contributor.authorHastings, Pat, committee member
dc.contributor.authorLuna, Jessie, committee member
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-30T10:21:27Z
dc.date.available2022-05-30T10:21:27Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractClimate change will require action that transcends political divides, yet environmental politics in the US appear as polarized as ever. This thesis investigates conservative environmentalism using a mixed methods approach. Quantitatively, I find that liberals are increasingly uniform in their pro-environmental attitudes post the 1980 election of Ronald Reagan, while conservatives have substantial amounts of intra-ideology dispersion on environmental spending. I interview self-identified conservative environmentalists and progressive environmentalists to explore this dispersion. Conservative environmentalists unite in their staunch belief of market-driven solutions to ecological degradation but diverged between a market-based ecological modernization framework or a more libertarian free market environmentalism. The conservative interviewees shared focus on increasing market access and outcomes of conservation contrast with progressive interviewee's market skepticism and support for intersectional processes aimed at socially equitable, system-altering solutions that jointly address combined "wicked" ecological and social problems. Practically, two contrasting solutions to ecological degradation were salient: conservative interviewees sought to relegitimize the current social system; progressive interviewees seek to restructure the current social system.
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dc.identifierThunell_colostate_0053N_17131.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10217/235208
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
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dc.subjectenvironmental countermovement
dc.subjectenvironmental movement
dc.subjectpolarization
dc.subjectenvironmental justice
dc.subjectconservatism
dc.subjectmixed methods
dc.titleSerene tea: understanding contemporary conservative environmentalism in the United States using a mixed methods approach
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thesis.degree.disciplineSociology
thesis.degree.grantorColorado State University
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (M.A.)

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