Where Does Political Polarization Come From? Locating Polarization Within the U.S. Climate Change Debate

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 70-92

  Fisher, Dana R ^a,c   Waggle, Joseph ^a,c   Leifeld, Philip ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

climate change; discourse network analysis; political polarization; social network analysis; U.S. environmental politics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870446889     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: 15523381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764212463360     Document Type: Article

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