ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISM IN THE PROTEST GENERATION - DIFFERENTIATING 1960S ACTIVISTS

Recent examinations of social movements have cited the environmental m ovement as an important outgrowth of the activism that characterized t he 1960s. This article examines the similarities and differences in th e socialization of activists who participated in two sets of 1960s-era movements: the antiwar, student and civil rights protesters; and comm unity environmental movements. Using multinomial logistic regression o n data from the Youth-Parent Socialization Panel Study (1965-1973), th e study found that social class, social-psychological orientation, and religious socialization are important predictors of participation in both movements. It was also found that efficacy, religious affiliation , race, and region significantly distinguish environmental activists f rom other protesters.