A Polarized Environment: The Effect of Partisanship and Ideological Values on Individual Recycling and Conservation Behavior

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 116-139

  Coffey, Daniel J ^a   Joseph, Patricia Hallam ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

environment; green politics; polarization; political behavior; public opinion; recycling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870476793     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: 15523381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764212463362     Document Type: Article

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