Vukelić, Jelisaveta;
Sircar, Indraneel;
(2024)
Looking beyond the East-West divide? Re-appraising the willingness to pay for environmental quality in 19 European countries.
East European Politics
, 40
(4)
pp. 684-707.
10.1080/21599165.2024.2379884.
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Abstract
This article explores the diversity in willingness to pay (WTP) for environmental quality, highlighting distinctions not only between Eastern and Western Europe but also within former communist countries (FCCs). We obtain mixed results, with little evidence of a generational shift in WTP across birth cohorts, more rapid societal shifts in non-FCCs, and higher levels of baseline WTP in Southeast European FCCs. Drawing on our findings, we advocate for approaches to environmentalism that move beyond the East-West dichotomy, instead examining alternative environmental practices that emerged in diverse cultural contexts, which can aid in addressing the global environmental crisis.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Looking beyond the East-West divide? Re-appraising the willingness to pay for environmental quality in 19 European countries |
| DOI: | 10.1080/21599165.2024.2379884 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1080/21599165.2024.2379884 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Environmental attitudes; willingness to pay; Eastern Europe; Western Europe; post-communism; semi-periphery |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Dept of Political Science |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10194418 |
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