Dangerous holes in global environmental governance: The roles of neoliberal discourse, science and California Agriculture in the Montreal Protocol

Antipode

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 102-130

  Gareau, Brian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conditions of production; Discourse; Global environmental governance; Methyl bromide; Montreal Protocol; Neoliberalism; Protectionism; Science

Indexed keywords

DEREGULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; METHYL BROMIDE; MONTREAL PROTOCOL; NEOLIBERALISM; PROTECTIONISM;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 39449106868     PISSN: 00664812     EISSN: 14678330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8330.2008.00572.x     Document Type: Article

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