Political ideology and views about climate change in the European Union

Environmental Politics

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 338-358

  McCright, Aaron M ^a   Dunlap, Riley E ^b   Marquart Pyatt, Sandra T ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; cross national analyses; European Union; political ideology

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION; LEADERSHIP; POLICY MAKING; POLITICAL IDEOLOGY;

COPENHAGEN [(CTY) HOVEDSTADEN]; DENMARK; HOVEDSTADEN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84952631541     PISSN: 09644016     EISSN: 17438934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09644016.2015.1090371     Document Type: Article

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