Knowledge, consequences, and experience: The social construction of environmental problems

Sociological Inquiry

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 476-497

  Williams, Jerry ^a   Austin, Stephen F ^a  

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EID: 0032268421     PISSN: 00380245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-682X.1998.tb00481.x     Document Type: Article

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