Community and life-chances: Risk movements in the United States and Germany

Environmental Values

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 177-197

  Halfmann, Jost ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Community; Life chances; Risk cultures; Risk movements

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTALISM; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; PERCEPTION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

GERMANY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032863877     PISSN: 09632719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3197/096327199129341789     Document Type: Article

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