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Gidon Cohen
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Political science and social science history. Durham University. Climate politics. Polarization. British politics. British political development.
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Climate whataboutism and rightwing populism: how emissions blame-shifting translates nationalist attitudes into climate policy opposition by Joakim Kulin
Pages: 979-999
doi.org/10.1080/0964...
Climate whataboutism and rightwing populism: how emissions blame-shifting translates nationalist attitudes into climate policy opposition
In the evolving discourse on climate change, the phenomenon of ‘whataboutism’ has emerged as a pervasive rhetorical strategy to deflect responsibility for the emissions of one’s own country by shif...
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August 27, 2025 at 6:37 AM
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Review Article:

A framework for classifying climate change questions used in public opinion surveys by John Kenny, Lucas Geese, Andrew Jordan & Irene Lorenzoni
Pages: 1114-1140

doi.org/10.1080/0964...
A framework for classifying climate change questions used in public opinion surveys
Climate change is a significant site of political contestation, with public opinion frequently invoked to support claims for more (or less) action. Yet, ‘climate change public opinion’ is an umbrel...
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August 27, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Reposted by Gidon Cohen
Research Articles:

Long-run trends in partisan polarization of climate policy-relevant attitudes across countries
David Caldwell, @gidoncohen.bsky.social & Nick Vivyan
Pages: 767-792
doi.org/10.1080/0964...
Long-run trends in partisan polarization of climate policy-relevant attitudes across countries
We summarize long-run trends in partisan polarization of voters’ climate policy-relevant attitudes across 36 countries and multiple decades (1993–2020). We find substantial growth in partisan polar...
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June 26, 2025 at 6:33 AM
I'm not sure that's exhaustive. Google AI can already tell you more about Eurasian unicorns.
January 7, 2025 at 5:29 PM
The NFU supported remain (after commissioning an economic evaluation)
November 19, 2024 at 7:36 PM