Framing, partisan predispositions, and public opinion on climate change

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 31, Issue , 2015, Pages 187-198

  Wiest, Sara L ^a   Raymond, Leigh ^a   Clawson, Rosalee A ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change attitudes; Climate change behavioral intentions; Climate impacts; Policy framing; Sub national climate policy

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; PERCEPTION; POLICY MAKING; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 84928777307     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2014.12.006     Document Type: Article

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