Cross-Cultural Comparison of Environmental Values and Concerns

本论文研究项目将复制Kempton、Boster和Hartley的工作，通过在德国、日本和美国进行定性访谈的比较设计，探索环境关注的文化基础。这三个国家的技术基础设施非常相似，因此它们面临的环境问题也非常相似。这三个国家都是工业民主国家，尽管政治体制不同。然而，这三个民族有着非常不同的文化血统，特别是在价值观和宗教方面。因此，德国和日本的研究与Kempton等人进行了三角测量。对美国的研究结果为跨文化比较提供了理想的基础。定性的、深入的访谈将对德国和日本的普通公众、汽车工人、神职人员、环境记者和政府官员进行。分析将强调最近关于环境问题的理论，特别是关于价值观和宗教的著作，以及跨文化的趋同和差异。

This dissertation research project will replicate the work of Kempton, Boster, and Hartley exploring the cultural bases for environmental concern, by using a comparative design based on qualitative interviews in Germany, Japan, and the United States. The technological infrastructures in these three nations are very similar and thus are the environmental problems they face. All three are industrial democracies, although the political systems differ. However, the three nations have very different cultural lineages, especially with regards to values and religions. Thus research in Germany and Japan triangulated with Kempton et al. 's results for the United States, provide an ideal base for cross-cultural comparison. Qualitative, in-depth interviews will be conducted with members of the general public, auto workers, clergy, environmental journalists, and government officials in Germany and Japan. Analysis will emphasize recent theories of environmental concerns, especially works on values and religion, and the cross-cultural convergences and differences.