Using theory to understand public support for collective actions that impact the environment: Alleviating water supply problems in a nonarid biome

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 874-897

  Routhe, Aaron S ^a   Jones, Robert Emmet ^a,b   Feldman, David L ^a  

^a University of Tennessee   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

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EID: 29444435598     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0038-4941.2005.00361.x     Document Type: Review

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