GRANT, Wyn <br/><br/>
Environmental policy and social exclusion 

 -  Fubruary 2001 
<br/><br/> This article reports the main results of a four-country comparative analysis of the relationship between social exclusion and environmental attitudes and behavior . Five socially excluded groups were studied through secondary data analysis and case studies. Norms of environmental behaviour tended to be universalized in Germany and Switzerland with much greater differentiation of the  socialy excluded in Britain and Greece. There were also significant differences  between the socially excluded groups with lone parents likely to be particularly receptive  to appropriate policy measures. Policy measures are reviwed in relation to the concept of empowerment. Environmental policy could be more effective if it was sensitized to the diffential effect of measures  on social groups 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Clima<br/>Empowerment<br/>Energy Policy<br/>Enrivonment<br/>Social Exclusion<br/>Sustainable development