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DOI	10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2018.03.005
	The influence of political leaders on climate change attitudes
	Kousser T.; Tranter B.
发表日期	2018
ISSN	0959-3780
起始页码	100
结束页码	109
卷号	50
英文摘要	Is public opinion on global climate change stable, with voters holding deeply rooted attitudes that guide them to consistent policy positions? Or is public opinion malleable, with voters adjusting their environmental positions when they learn about the positions of political leaders? To explore whether leaders can influence mass opinion on climate change, we conduct a pair of survey experiments in Australia. Emissions trading plans and renewable energy targets have been central issues in Australian politics over the last decade, with the members of the major parties deeply polarized on these issues. Our experiments reveal that survey respondents take different positions on climate change policy when they learn what positions leaders hold. When respondents learn that leaders take divergent positions on addressing climate change, they become more polarized along party lines. But when leaders converge on a policy proposal, they also bring those who follow them into closer agreement, providing evidence that partisan polarization at the mass level can be overcome when leaders come together on environmental policies. © 2018 Elsevier Ltd
英文关键词	Australia; Climate change attitudes; Political leaders; Political party identification; Voter cues
学科领域	climate change; emissions trading; environmental issue; environmental planning; environmental policy; experimental study; global change; political system; public attitude; voting behavior; Australia
语种	英语
scopus关键词	climate change; emissions trading; environmental issue; environmental planning; environmental policy; experimental study; global change; political system; public attitude; voting behavior; Australia
来源期刊	Global Environmental change
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/117146
作者单位	University of California, Department of Political Science, San Diego, United States; Universityof Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Kousser T.,Tranter B.. The influence of political leaders on climate change attitudes[J],2018,50.
APA	Kousser T.,&Tranter B..(2018).The influence of political leaders on climate change attitudes.Global Environmental change,50.
MLA	Kousser T.,et al."The influence of political leaders on climate change attitudes".Global Environmental change 50(2018).