Climate change discourses and citizen participation: A case study of the discursive construction of citizenship in two public events

Environmental Communication

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 411-427

  Lassen, Inger ^a   Horsbøl, Anders ^a   Bonnen, Kersten ^a   Pedersen, Anne Grethe Julius ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Civic Environmentalism; Climate Change; Discourse; Ecological Modernization; Green Governmentality; Public Engagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857350603     PISSN: 17524032     EISSN: 17524040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17524032.2011.610809     Document Type: Article

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