Neoliberalism, climate governance and the scalar politics of EU emissions trading

Area

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 431-442

  Bailey, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate policy; Emissions trading; European Union; Neoliberalism; Regimes; Scale

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION; INTERNATIONAL LAW; NEOLIBERALISM; POLITICS;

EID: 36348965446     PISSN: 00040894     EISSN: 14754762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4762.2007.00770.x     Document Type: Article

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