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The What, Who, and How of Ecological Action Space

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  • Karin Skill

    (Department of Management and Engineering, Political Science, Linköping University, S-581 83 Linköping, Sweden)

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This text presents an analytical concept which is aimed at analysis of the construction of environmental responsibility—ecological action space. The concept makes it possible to analyze what environmental activities householders perform, who takes on the environmental responsibility, and how they motivate and justify everyday practices in relation to other actors. The concept builds on structuration theory, and is useful in studies of sustainable development in everyday life, and in investigations about how actors perceive their role in creating and solving environmental problems, and what actions they take in light of this. The concept should be used for empirical rather than normative studies. Relevant questions for a study about ecological action space are: What activities are considered environmentally friendly? How do the actors conceive of their opportunities to act in environmentally friendly ways and what constraints do they express? These questions are relevant not just for outspoken activists. When promoting increased participation, it is valuable to discuss when, where and how people are expected to get involved.

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  • Karin Skill, 2011. "The What, Who, and How of Ecological Action Space," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 4(1), pages 1-16, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:4:y:2011:i:1:p:1-16:d:15454
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    1. Karin Skill & Per Gyberg, 2010. "Framing Devices in the Creation of Environmental Responsibility: A Qualitative Study from Sweden," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 2(7), pages 1-18, June.
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