Clearing the air: The contribution of frame analysis to understanding climate policy in the United States

Environmental Politics

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 800-816

  Fletcher, Amy Lynn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Climate change; Climate policy; Discourse analysis; Frame analysis

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CRITICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77950766504     PISSN: 09644016     EISSN: 17438934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09644010903157123     Document Type: Article

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