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This chapter presents the results of empirical analyses on the influence of global ideas and related factors on individual environmental behaviors. The analyses are based on data collected by the International Social Survey Programme in 1993, 2000, and 2010.
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The third main approach in social movement literature—framing processes (Benford and Snow 2000)—is also relevant, but has a stronger emphasis on the micro-level and interaction processes, where it is reflected in language such as alignment with global ideas.
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Hadler, M. (2017). Individual Environmentalism. In: The Influence of Global Ideas on Environmentalism and Human Rights. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-57440-4_6
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