Political science and prediction: What's next for U.S. climate change policy?

Review of Policy Research

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-27

  Selin, Henrik ^a   VanDeveer, Stacy D ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Institutions; Networks; Policy prediction; US environmental politics

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS; FEDERAL SYSTEM; FOREIGN POLICY; POLICY ANALYSIS; POLICY MAKING;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846401131     PISSN: 1541132X     EISSN: 15411338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-1338.2007.00265.x     Document Type: Article

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