Contesting the 'national interest' and maintaining 'our lifestyle': A discursive analysis of political rhetoric around climate change

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 601-625

  Kurz, Tim ^a   Augoustinos, Martha ^b   Crabb, Shona ^c  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECEPTION; DENIAL; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIFESTYLE; POLITICS; PROPAGANDA; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED NATIONS;

AUSTRALIA; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNICATION; DECEPTION; DENIAL (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; POLITICS; PROPAGANDA; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIAL VALUES; UNITED NATIONS;

EID: 77957775884     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/014466609X481173     Document Type: Article

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