Organizational environments, framing processes, and the diffusion of the program to address global climate change among local governments in the United States

Sociological Forum

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 439-466

  Vasi, Ion Bogdan ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion of innovations; Frame alignment; Global climate change; Local governments; Organizational framing

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845639112     PISSN: 08848971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11206-006-9023-5     Document Type: Review

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