Global dynamics and the limits of global governance

Global Society

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 253-272

  Whitman, Jim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOPOLITICS; GLOBALIZATION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; POWER RELATIONS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GLOBAL CHANGE; POLITICS; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

EID: 0041591262     PISSN: 13600826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1360082032000104514     Document Type: Article

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