Free-market ideology and environmental degradation: The case of belief in global climate change

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 48-71

  Heath, Yuko ^a   Gifford, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Environmental apathy; Environmental attitudes; Free market ideology; Global climate change

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; GLOBAL CLIMATE; IDEOLOGY;

EID: 33646239365     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: 1552390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013916505277998     Document Type: Article

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