Vyšlo nové "zelené" číslo Sociálních studií!

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Přístupy (pohledy) zaměřené na chování v oblasti environmentalismu, tak by se dal přeložit podtitul před Vánoci vydaného anglického čísla Sociálních studií 2015/3.

Uvedené číslo stojí za pozornost nejen proto, že jsou všechny jeho články dostupné v plném znění na internetu. Editory tohoto čísla a autory většiny článků jsou pracovníci a studenti Katedry environmentálních studií Fakulty sociálních studií Masarykovy univerzity.

Znění anglického abstraktu:

• During the last decade, the position of the environmental movement both in the Czech Republic and globally can be described as growingly defensive. According to Binka (2013), we’ve witnessed various approaches and reactions to this situation which have one thing in common: they are rather useless when we aspire to change the situation. As a more appropriate strategy, Binka suggests developing a more critical and empirically based approach – strengthening the research-based environmentalism embedded in social sciences and also focusing specifically on the process of transmission and communication of environmental issues to a broader audience. Taking this suggestion to heart, this special issue provides nine exclusively empirical studies all researching in one way or another non-trivial relations between environmentally relevant human behaviour, stated preferences, environmental attitudes and more general environmental values and ethical positions. This issue thus brings a very diverse picture in terms of 1) different methodologies (not only qualitative or quantitative but often mixed approaches allowing for a more complex description and understanding of the studied phenomena); 2) a varying scope ranging from particular activities and related individual motivations to European-wide statistical pools covering representative samples of EU citizens; and 3) a diverse scale ranging from the specifically Czech context to comparisons with European and in one case the US milieu as well.

V čísle najdete následující články (pokud máte zájem o verzi souborů pro čtečky nebo přehled abstraktů k jednotlivým článkům, klidněte na web Sociálních studií zde):

• Behavioural Views in Environmentalism (editorial) / Eva Fraňková, Jan Dostalík, Radoslav Škapa
• Self-provisioning, Sustainability and Environmental Consciousness in Brno Allotment Gardens / Lucie Sovová
• Motivation for Environmental Direct Action in the Czech Republic: The Case of the 2011 Blockade at the Šumava National Park /Vojtěch Pelikán, Hana Librová
• The Environmental Impact of Singles’ Consumer Behaviour: Is the Lifestyle of Singles Inevitably Environmentally More Damaging? / Lukáš Kala
• Czech Greenpeace Donors and the Barriers to their Climate-Friendly Household Behaviour / Jan Krajhanzl, Jan Skalík
• Examining the Relationship between Environmental Attitudes and Behaviour in Education Programmes / Bruce Johnson, Jan Činčera
• Connecting to Nature in the Lab through “Earth Song”: The Malleability of Implicit and Explicit Attitudes towards Nature / Tomáš Chabada, Tomáš Hampejs, Jan Skalík, Eva Bujnošková, Jaroslav Hlinka
• What Shapes the Temperatures of Living Rooms in Three European Regions? / Jan Vávra, Vera Peters, Miloslav Lapka, Tony Craig, Eva Cudlínová
  The Influence of Biographical Situational Factors upon Environmental Activist Behaviour: Empirical Evidence from CEE Countries / Audronė Telešienė, Aistė Balžekienė
• Acceptability of Environmental Policies in the Czech Republic: A Comparison with Willingness to Make Economic Sacrifices /
  Eva Kyselá