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Bringing ideology in: the conservative white male effect on worry about environmental problems in the USA

Aaron M. McCright Lyman Briggs College, Department of Sociology, Environmental Science and Policy Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Riley E. Dunlap Department of Sociology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, USA
Pages 211-226 | Received 27 Dec 2011, Accepted 21 May 2012, Published online: 25 Sep 2012

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