Polarisation in the USA: Climate change, party politics, and public opinion in the Obama era

European Political Science

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 7-17

  Brewer, Paul R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

climate change; polarisation; political parties; public opinion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856937740     PISSN: 16804333     EISSN: 16820983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/eps.2011.10     Document Type: Conference Paper

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