Trash or treasure: Recycling narratives and reducing political polarisation

Environmental Politics

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 312-332

  Lybecker, Donna L ^a   McBeth, Mark K ^a   Kusko, Elizabeth ^a  

^a IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

citizenship; environmental policy; framing; Narrative Policy Framework; political polarisation; recycling

Indexed keywords

CITIZENSHIP; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; RECYCLING; SUSTAINABILITY; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875845601     PISSN: 09644016     EISSN: 17438934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09644016.2012.692935     Document Type: Article

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