Doing What Others Do: Norms, Science, and Collective Action on Global Warming

American Politics Research

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 65-89

  Bolsen, Toby ^a   Leeper, Thomas J ^b   Shapiro, Matthew A ^c  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

climate change; collective action; global warming; social norms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888601092     PISSN: 1532673X     EISSN: 15523373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1532673X13484173     Document Type: Article

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