Do worldviews matter? Post-materialist, environmental, and scientific/technological worldviews and support for agricultural biotechnology applications

Journal of Risk Research

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1047-1063

  Knight, Andrew ^a  

^a SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Biotechnology; Genetic modification; New ecological paradigm; Post materialist hypothesis; Risk perception; Worldviews

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOCIAL ASPECTS; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS; MATERIALIST; POST-MATERIALIST; TELEPHONE SURVEY;

RISK PERCEPTION;

EID: 36649001985     PISSN: 13669877     EISSN: 14664461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13669870701603004     Document Type: Article

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