Public support for climate change policy: Consistency in the influence of values and attitudes over time and across specific policy alternatives

Review of Policy Research

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 555-583

  Stoutenborough, James W ^a   Bromley Trujillo, Rebecca ^b   Vedlitz, Arnold ^c  

^a IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Environment; Experts; Governance; Policy; Pollution; Public opinion; United States; Values

Indexed keywords

EID: 84911360938     PISSN: 1541132X     EISSN: 15411338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ropr.12104     Document Type: Article

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