Environmental Concern in Cross-National Perspective: The Effects of Affluence, Environmental Degradation, and World Society *

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 521-537

  Knight, Kyle W ^a   Messer, Benjamin L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84865090046     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: 15406237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6237.2012.00846.x     Document Type: Article

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