The Politics of Environmental Concern: A Cross-National Analysis

Organization and Environment

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 286-307

  Nawrotzki, Raphael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

conservatism; environmental concern; environmentalism; ISSP 2000; multilevel model; political ideology

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTALISM; MODEL TEST; POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY; POLITICAL IDEOLOGY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84867688381     PISSN: 10860266     EISSN: 15527417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1086026612456535     Document Type: Article

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