Sociological analysis of the relationship between social capital and environmental concerns

Abstract

Present study examines the relationship between social capital and environmental concerns. In relation to social capital, different ideas and results have discussed. Some results indicate positive impact of social capital on environmental issues . In contrast, some researches focused on the inadequacy of social capital in improving the environmental sensitivity. Theoretical part of this research, discussed about the arguments of opponents and proponents. In the empirical part of the research, hypotheses, by using cross-country experimental data, were analyzed. Methodologically, this study is comparative cross-country and the unit of analysis is country. In this paper, the comparative-quantitative analysis method is used for data analyzed. Regression analysis shows that 22% of the variation in social capital is explainable by environmental concerns. Thus, it can be predicted that social capital has a moderate correlation with environmental concern.

Keywords

• Social Capital
• Environmental concern
• Comparative- quantitative analysis