The ways that people talk about natural resources: Discursive strategies as barriers to environmentally sustainable practices

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 603-620

  Kurz, Tim ^a,b   Donaghue, Ngaire ^a   Rapley, Mark ^a,c   Walker, Iain ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; POLICY; WATER SUPPLY;

COMMUNICATION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENERGY-GENERATING RESOURCES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PUBLIC POLICY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 30344440858     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/014466604X18064     Document Type: Article

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