"Is Water a Human Right?": Priming Water as a Human Right Increases Support for Government Action
Many First Nations homes in Canada do not have adequate water services. This issue is unlikely to be resolved without public pressure on the government. Thus, we investigated one strategy to increase non-Indigenous Canadians’ support for government action: framing water as a human right. Informed by...
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fttriple:oai:gotriple.eu:10670/1.3b4b48 2023-05-15T16:16:13+02:00 "Is Water a Human Right?": Priming Water as a Human Right Increases Support for Government Action Starzyk, Katherine B. Neufeld, Katelin H. S. Gaucher, Danielle Vorauer, Jacquie D. Fontaine, Aleah S. M. Quesnel, Matthew S. Yakubovich, Alexa R. 2021-01-01 https://doi.org/10.18584/iipj.2021.12.3.9342 http://id.erudit.org/iderudit/1082733ar en eng Scholarship@Western (Western University) Érudit doi:10.18584/iipj.2021.12.3.9342 10670/1.3b4b48 http://id.erudit.org/iderudit/1082733ar other The International Indigenous Policy Journal human rights support for government action empathy suffering drinking water droit scipo Text https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_18cf/ 2021 fttriple https://doi.org/10.18584/iipj.2021.12.3.9342 2023-01-22T16:43:50Z Many First Nations homes in Canada do not have adequate water services. This issue is unlikely to be resolved without public pressure on the government. Thus, we investigated one strategy to increase non-Indigenous Canadians’ support for government action: framing water as a human right. Informed by a partnership with Indigenous community members and multidisciplinary collaborators, we conducted seven experiments that sampled non-Indigenous Canadian community members (N = 584) and university undergraduates (N = 274). Overall, framing water as a human right increased public support, relative to control conditions. Further, the human rights frame indirectly increased support for government action through increases in perceived suffering (physical and financial) and empathy. We discuss policy implications and end with a call for action. Text First Nations Unknown Canada The International Indigenous Policy Journal 12 3 |
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Many First Nations homes in Canada do not have adequate water services. This issue is unlikely to be resolved without public pressure on the government. Thus, we investigated one strategy to increase non-Indigenous Canadians’ support for government action: framing water as a human right. Informed by a partnership with Indigenous community members and multidisciplinary collaborators, we conducted seven experiments that sampled non-Indigenous Canadian community members (N = 584) and university undergraduates (N = 274). Overall, framing water as a human right increased public support, relative to control conditions. Further, the human rights frame indirectly increased support for government action through increases in perceived suffering (physical and financial) and empathy. We discuss policy implications and end with a call for action. |
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