Behaviour change in the UK climate debate: An assessment of responsibility, agency and political dimensions

Sustainability

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 789-808

  Fudge, Shane ^a   Peters, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agency; Behaviour; Climate change; Environmental policy; Lifestyles

Indexed keywords

EID: 83455225794     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su3060789     Document Type: Article

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