Political orientation moderates Americans' beliefs and concern about climate change

Climatic Change

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 243-253

  McCright, Aaron M ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MODERATORS;

ECONOMIC SYSTEM; EMPIRICAL FINDINGS; ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS; INFORMATION PROCESSING THEORIES; NEWS MEDIA; POLITICAL ORIENTATION; POLITICAL SCIENCE; SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CAPITALISM; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; MODERNIZATION; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PSYCHOLOGY; RESEARCH WORK; THEORETICAL STUDY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 78651253532     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-010-9946-y     Document Type: Article

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