Evaluating the short- and long-term effects of a modified deliberative poll on Idahoans' attitudes and civic engagement related to energy options

Journal of Public Deliberation

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Hall, Troy E ^a   Wilson, Patrick ^a   Newman, Jennie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

activism; Attitude change; deliberative democracy; deliberative polling; energy

Indexed keywords

EID: 80455168767     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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