The Politics and Culture of Climate Change: US Actors and Global Implications

Advances in Global Change Research

Volumn 45, Issue , 2011, Pages 83-99

  Waugh, Charles ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Culture; Individualism; Narrative

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890567690     PISSN: 15740919     EISSN: 22151621     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-0934-8_6     Document Type: Chapter

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