Explanation of Environmentalism and Modified Model of Post-Metamaterial Values theory

The destruction of the environment as a global issue is mainly due to the behavior of human society. The increasing destruction of natural resources, which is one of the most important challenges in Iran's environmental environment, confirms the fact that social contexts provide the necessary basis for environmental behavior. From the perspective of environmental sociology, several factors influence the formation of environmental behaviors. According to Inglehart, socioeconomic development, Formative Security, Cognitive Mobilization, diminishing economic utility, objective problems- subjective values and structural-institutional factors are the forces that produce behavioral change. Social development, as the most fundamental factor in shift, provides a set of causal conditions necessary for environmental concern. The aim of this paper is to provide a modified model of Inglehart's theory of Post-metamaterial values regarding the prerequisites for environmentalism. According to this theory, the efficiency of the social structures of society in different dimensions expands the necessary bases for environmental behaviors. And the interaction between a set of factors provides opportunities and limitations for environmental behaviors. Economic development alone does not lead to Post-metamaterial values, Rather, a chain of causal relationships facilitates the rise of these values. Although economic security is one of the important determinants of Post-metamaterialism, other non-economic factors also contribute to the establishment of Post-metamaterialism. Obviously, the lack of these components is known as a missing factor in sustainable environmental behaviors.