Framing Climate Change for Public Deliberation: What Role for Interpretive Social Sciences and Humanities?

Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 67-84

  Blue, Gwendolyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

climate change; environmental governance; framing; Public deliberation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84954380232     PISSN: 1523908X     EISSN: 15227200     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1523908X.2015.1053107     Document Type: Article

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