Ambushed: The Kyoto Protocol, the Bush administration's climate policy and the erosion of legitimacy

International Politics

Volumn 44, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 306-324

  Eckersley, Robyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS; KYOTO PROTOCOL;

EID: 33847142201     PISSN: 13845748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.ip.8800190     Document Type: Article

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