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Research Article

How politicians and the population attribute responsibility for climate change mitigation: no indication of a ‘governance trap’ in Norway

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Pages 699-726 | Received 19 Dec 2022, Accepted 15 Oct 2023, Published online: 10 Nov 2023

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