NGOs in environmental networks in Germany and Japan: The question of power and influence

Social Science Japan Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 103-117

  Foljanty Jost, Gesine ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION;

ASIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; GERMANY; JAPAN; WORLD;

EID: 17744365370     PISSN: 13691465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ssjj/jyi019     Document Type: Article

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