Lay perceptions of global risk: Public views of global warming in cross-national context

International Sociology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 473-498

  Dunlap, Riley E ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental attitudes; Global environmental change; Global warming; Policy making; Public opinion; Risk perceptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032273559     PISSN: 02685809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026858098013004004     Document Type: Article

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