When arguments prevail over power: The CITES procedure for the listing of endangered species

Global Environmental Politics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 123-148

  Gehring, Thomas ^a   Ruffing, Eva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARGAINING; CITES; DECISION MAKING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; INCENTIVE; POLITICAL POWER; STAKEHOLDER; TRADE POLICY;

EID: 44349097626     PISSN: 15263800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/glep.2008.8.2.123     Document Type: Article

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