Explaining ups and downs in the public's environmental concern in sweden: The effects of ecological modernization, the economy, and the media

Organization and Environment

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 388-403

  Harring, Niklas ^a   Jagers, Sverker C ^a,b   Martinsson, Johan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

agenda setting; ecological modernization; economic development; environmental concern; environmental public opinion; media effects

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODERNIZATION; ECONOMIC CYCLE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC SERVICE;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84856790799     PISSN: 10860266     EISSN: 15527417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1086026611420300     Document Type: Article

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