New opportunities, same constraints: Environmental protection and China's new development path

Politics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 93-102

  Johnson, Thomas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; POLITICAL SYSTEM; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 42549085108     PISSN: 02633957     EISSN: 14679256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9256.2008.00316.x     Document Type: Article

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