Raphael J. Nawrotzki
The Politics of Environmental Concern
University of Colorado Boulder
prior research us found liberals generally environmentally concerned conservatives present study explores whether conservatives opposition environmental protection solely us universal phenomenon whether association contingent countrylevel characteristics development environmental conditions communist history employing data 19 countries issp module environment ii paper explores intercountry variations relationship individual conservatism environmental concern using multilevel modeling crosslevel interactions models reveal number intriguing associations important conservatives support environmental protection varies country variation function countrylevel characteristics strongest opposition conservatives toward environmental protection observed developed capitalist nations superior environmental conditions hand less developed countries countries characterized poor environmental quality conservatives environmentally concerned liberals