Water Pollution Control In Democratic Societies: A Cross-National Analysis Of Sources Of Public Beliefs In In Japan And The United States |
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| Authors: | Nicholas P Lovrich Jr John C Pierce Taketsugu Tsurutani Takematsu Abe |
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| Institution: | Professor of political science and director of the Division of Goverrlmental Studies and Services at Washington State University. His research interests include the area of citizen participation in environmental policy processes, and his current writing on environ-mental politics in Japan and the United States stems from agrant from the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission (administered by the Institute of International Education).;Professor of political science, Washington State University . His research interests include the structure and content of individual political thinking, especially in the area of environmental politics.;Professor and chairman in the Department of Political Science, Washington State University. His current research interests are postindustrialism, Third World politics, and international security.;professor of political science in the College of International Relations at Nihon university. His research interests include comparative (Japan and the United States) environmental politics, American politics, and comparative regional and local government. His current writing is focused upon the area of U.S. and Japanese environmental politics, reflecting his recent receipt of agrant from the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission. |
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| Abstract: | Postindustrial society seems to bring with it an inevitable heightening of official and public concern with environmental pollution. In light of this fact it becomes important to understand the dynamics by which public opinion is formulated in this area of public policy. What factors are associated with citizens placing concern for environmental pollution above other public policy concerns? What individual characteristics are associ- ated with the development of the view that government ought to take direct action to prevent or deal with environmental pollution? Are such factors common to postindustrial democratic societies generally? The study reported here identifies the similarities and differences in the patterns and correlates of pollution relevant beliefs and behavior in Japan (in the cities of Llishima, Fuji and Numazu in Shizuoka Prefecture] and the United States (Spokane City and County, Washington State). A comparative study of pollution policy can be especially instructive inasmuch as unique cultural, economic, historical and social patterns may generate distinctive citizen conceptions of desired policy outcomes and means to achieve them. |
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