Perceived scientific agreement and support for government action on climate change in the USA

Climatic Change

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 511-518

  McCright, Aaron M ^a   Dunlap, Riley E ^b   Xiao, Chenyang ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC CLIMATE CHANGES; CLIMATE POLICY; CLIMATE SCIENTISTS; GENERAL PUBLICS; GOVERNMENT ACTIONS; POLICY MAKERS; POLITICAL ORIENTATION; PUBLIC PERCEPTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GLOBAL WARMING; SURVEYS;

PUBLIC POLICY;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GLOBAL WARMING; PERCEPTION; POLICY MAKING; STATE ROLE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879138890     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-013-0704-9     Document Type: Article

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