Cool rationalities and hot air: A rhetorical approach to understanding debates on renewable energy

Global Environmental Politics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 67-98

  Barry, John ^a   Ellis, Geraint ^a   Robinson, Clive ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; STRATEGIC APPROACH; WIND POWER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 44349136404     PISSN: 15263800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/glep.2008.8.2.67     Document Type: Article

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