A climate for business: Global warming, the state and capital

Review of International Political Economy

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 679-703

  Newell, Peter ^a,b   Paterson, Matthew ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Fossil fuel industries; Global warming; State theory; Structural power

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032358995     PISSN: 09692290     EISSN: 14664526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/096922998347426     Document Type: Article

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