Social Science Quarterly
SCOPUS (1970,1974,1976-1984,1987,1989-1992,1994,1996-2023)SSCI-ISI
0038-4941
1540-6237
Anh Quốc
Cơ quản chủ quản: WILEY , Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Lĩnh vực:
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
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Social Vulnerability to Environmental Hazards*Objective. County‐level socioeconomic and demographic data were used to construct an index of social vulnerability to environmental hazards, called the Social Vulnerability Index (SoVI) for the United States based on 1990 data.Methods. Using a factor analytic approach, 42 variables were reduced to 11 independent factors that acco...
Tập 84 Số 2 - Trang 242-261 - 2003
Cross‐National Gender Variation in Environmental Behaviors*Objective. This article presents a cross‐national examination of gender variations in environmental behaviors. Research on environmental concern reveals modest distinctions between men and women, with women typically displaying higher levels of environmental concern and behavioral adjustments relative to men. Additionally, some prior research suggests that women app...
Tập 85 Số 3 - Trang 677-694 - 2004
Digital Distinction: Status‐Specific Types of Internet Usage*Objective. Sociologists of technology propose that not only a technological artifact, as such, but also patterns of usage should be considered when studying the social implications of technologies. Accordingly, we explore how people's online activities are influenced by users' socioeconomic status and context of use.Methods. ...
Tập 90 Số 2 - Trang 274-291 - 2009
Gender, Values, and Environmentalism Objective . The social psychological values altruism, self‐interest, traditionalism, and openness to change are key correlates of environmental concern and proenvironmental behavior. We investigate the relationship between gender and these values to better understand gender differences in environmentalism. We consider both gender differences in value priorities (... ...
Tập 83 Số 1 - Trang 353-364 - 2002
Deforestation and the Environmental Kuznets Curve: A Cross‐National Investigation of Intervening Mechanisms Objective . We draw on ecological modernization theory and international political economy arguments to examine the sources of an environmental Kuznets curve (or EKC) that produces an inverted U‐shaped rate of deforestation relative to economic development. Method . We use ordinary least squares regression with White's (1978) correction ... ...
Tập 83 Số 1 - Trang 226-243 - 2002
Who Wants to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions? Objective . We examine cognitive, economic, and partisan heuristic theories of why some people express support for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Methods . Data come from a mail survey of 623 residents of central Pennsylvania, a region in which mitigation costs exceed potential benefits from slowing the rate of global warming. ...
Tập 83 Số 1 - Trang 1-17 - 2002
Ideas and Institutional Change in Social Security: Conversion, Layering, and Policy Drift*Objectives. In recent years, social scientists such as Kathleen Thelen and Jacob Hacker have introduced new concepts to assist in the understanding of institutional change. Fostering some of these concepts, this article proceeds to augment the theoretical debate on institutional change in social science and policy research. A discussion of Social Security development ...
Tập 88 Số 1 - Trang 20-38 - 2007
Interstate Competition and Environmental Regulation: A Test of the Race‐to‐the‐Bottom Thesis*Objective. This study assesses the effect of interstate competition on the stringency with which states enforce environmental regulations.Method. Pooled cross‐sectional time‐series analysis of state surface‐mining regulation is used to determine if the enforcement gap between a state and competitor states affects the stringen...
Tập 87 Số 1 - Trang 174-189 - 2006
Measuring Media Bias: A Content Analysis of Time and Newsweek Coverage of Domestic Social Issues, 1975–2000*Objective. This study is an effort to produce a more systematic, empirically‐based, historical‐comparative understanding of media bias than generally is found in previous works.Methods. The research employs a quantitative measure of ideological bias in a formal content analysis of the United States' two largest circulation ne...
Tập 88 Số 3 - Trang 690-706 - 2007
What Explains the Gender Gap in Schlepping? Testing Various Explanations for Gender Differences in Household‐Serving Travel*Objectives Many gender differences in travel have begun to converge. Has convergence occurred for household‐serving travel, which constitutes a very large and growing share of all trips? Moreover, what explains the division of household‐serving travel in heterosexual couples? In answering these questions, we test the salience of three theories about the ge...
Tập 96 Số 5 - Trang 1493-1510 - 2015