Does the framing of climate policies make a difference to public support? Evidence from UK marginal constituencies

Climate Policy

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1097-1112

  Lockwood, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change policies; Policy communication; Political processes

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FINANCIAL PROVISION; POLICY MAKING; POLITICAL PROCESS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79960020598     PISSN: 14693062     EISSN: 17527457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2011.579301     Document Type: Article

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