Public support for environmental policy depends on beliefs concerning effectiveness, intrusiveness, and fairness
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عنوان ژورنال: Environmental Politics
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0964-4016,1743-8934
DOI: 10.1080/09644016.2019.1629171