Geographical and temporal dimensions of Bulgarian attitudes towards the rural environment

• Autorzy: Chad Staddon , Stefan Genchev
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

This paper explores certain dimensions of the transformation since 1989 in attitudes towards the environment in one largely rural locality of southwest Bulgaria. There is something of a paradox apparent in rural attitudes and behaviours to the environment: nakedly expropriative on the one hand whilst simultaneously deeply concerned and celebratory on the other. Exploration of this apparent paradox is the primary objective of this paper. The authors present fi ndings from a decennial survey initiative focusing on environmental attitudes and behaviours in a mountainous Bulgarian locality. Results from 1999 and 2011 are presented side by side with a view to identifying temporal and (local) geographical trends in environmental views, attitudes, opinions and behaviours. An analytical perspective, drawing on political ecology and post-structural social theory, is developed and applied.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

sociology; environmental attitudes; human geography; rural communities; cognitive dissonance; transition; Bulgaria

CS

sociologie

• Wydawca: Institute of Sociology, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Czasopismo: Sociologický časopis. Czech Sociological Review
• Rocznik: 2013
• Tom: 49
• Numer: 3
• Strony: 375-401
• Rodzaj publikacji: ARTICLE

Twórcy

autor

Chad Staddon

• Sociologický časopis, redakce, Sociologický ústav AV ČR, v.v.i., Jilská 1, 110 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic

autor

Stefan Genchev

• Sociologický časopis, redakce, Sociologický ústav AV ČR, v.v.i., Jilská 1, 110 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic