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throughout the industrialized world. Visible pollution (e.g., the mid-twentieth-century smog in Los Angeles and the fire at the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland) was a factor. A leading account stresses the rise of “postmaterialist” values in societies that have experienced peace and prosperity for generations (Inglehart 1995). Once basic needs are met, quality of life becomes more salient, and environmentalism is one expression of this.
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David Karol (Red, Green, and Blue: The Partisan Divide on Environmental Issues (Elements in American Politics))