Structural Configurations of Social Representations about Climate Change
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: ATHENS JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2241-7737
DOI: 10.30958/ajss.3-1-2