Australian politicians' beliefs about climate change: Political partisanship and political ideology

Environmental Politics

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 712-733

  Fielding, Kelly S ^a   Head, Brian W ^a   Laffan, Warren ^a   Western, Mark ^a   Hoegh Guldberg, Ove ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

climate change beliefs; political elites; political ideology; political partisanship; politicians

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ELITE POLITICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS; PARTY POLITICS; POLITICAL IDEOLOGY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84866441133     PISSN: 09644016     EISSN: 17438934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09644016.2012.698887     Document Type: Article

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