"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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ftunivwontaojs:oai:ojs.uwo.ca:article/9342 2023-05-15T16:16:12+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. 2021-09-23 application/pdf https://ojs.lib.uwo.ca/index.php/iipj/article/view/9342 eng eng Western University https://ojs.lib.uwo.ca/index.php/iipj/article/view/9342/11394 https://ojs.lib.uwo.ca/index.php/iipj/article/view/9342/11395 https://ojs.lib.uwo.ca/index.php/iipj/article/view/9342 Copyright (c) 2021 Katherine B. Starzyk, Katelin H. S. Neufeld, Danielle Gaucher, Jacquie D. Vorauer, Aleah S. M. Fontaine, Matthew S. Quesnel, Alexa R. Yakubovich https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 CC-BY-NC-ND The International Indigenous Policy Journal; Vol. 12 No. 3 (2021); 1–28 International Indigenous Policy Journal; Vol. 12 No. 3 (2021); 1–28 1916-5781 human rights support for government action empathy suffering drinking water info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion research-article Text 2021 ftunivwontaojs 2023-02-05T19:15:52Z 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. Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations Western Libraries OJS Canada |
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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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The International Indigenous Policy Journal; Vol. 12 No. 3 (2021); 1–28 International Indigenous Policy Journal; Vol. 12 No. 3 (2021); 1–28 1916-5781 |
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