Green politics or environmental blues? Analyzing ecological democracy

Public Understanding of Science

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 459-480

  Mitchell, Ross E ^a  

^a ALBERTA RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Canada)

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EID: 33748546950     PISSN: 09636625     EISSN: 13616609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963662506065060     Document Type: Article

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