The cultural politics of Kyoto: Lessons from the Canadian semi-periphery

Capitalism, Nature, Socialism

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 43-66

  Soron, Dennis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GREENHOUSE GAS; KYOTO PROTOCOL;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 1842730976     PISSN: 10455752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1045575032000188993     Document Type: Article

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