Comparing Influences on Peruvian Climate Change Policy: Information, Knowledge, and Concern Among Political Elites

Journal of Intercultural Communication Research

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 181-202

  Takahashi, Bruno ^a   Meisner, Mark ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Environment; International Communication; Organizational Communication; Political Communication; T Test

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859346574     PISSN: 17475759     EISSN: 17475767     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17475759.2011.615854     Document Type: Article

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