Public Engagement with Climate Change as Scientific Citizenship: A Case Study of World Wide Views on Global Warming

Science as Culture

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 560-579

  Blue, Gwendolyn ^a   Medlock, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

climate change; public engagement; scientific citizenship; World Wide Views

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907273197     PISSN: 09505431     EISSN: 14701189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09505431.2014.917620     Document Type: Article

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