Political polarization on support for government spending on environmental protection in the USA, 1974-2012

Social Science Research

Volumn 48, Issue , 2014, Pages 251-260

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

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental concern; Ordered logistic regression; Political polarization; Public opinion; US General Social Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLITICS; PUBLIC OPINION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DATA COLLECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FEMALE; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLITICS; PUBLIC OPINION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84908294501     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2014.06.008     Document Type: Article

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