Environmentalism and Local Growth Control

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Abstract
This is a report probing certain aspects of the argument that environmentalism and environmental protection policies are class biased in favor of the middle and upper classes. Survey data from a local growth control dispute are employed to test some assertions regarding the conditions under which a class division between supporters and opponents arises. The findings suggest that such divisions are likely to occur when the environmental policy has some immediate and real significance for the respondent, as opposed to being abstract or hypothetical, or when strong class appeals are made by a dominating campaign organization.