Global activism and nationally driven recycling: The influence of world society and national contexts on public and private environmental behavior

International Sociology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 315-345

  Hadler, Markus ^a   Haller, Max ^b  

^a MARSHALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

ecological movements; environmental behavior globalization; political opportunity; world society

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955824332     PISSN: 02685809     EISSN: 14617242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0268580910392258     Document Type: Article

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