Low carbon plot: climate change skepticism with Chinese characteristics

Environmental Sociology

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 280-292

  Liu, John Chung En ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

anti reflexivity; China, nationalism; climate change; climate change skepticism; conspiracy theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010531697     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23251042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/23251042.2015.1049811     Document Type: Article

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