Are consensus democracies more environmentally effective?

Environmental Politics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 410-430

  Poloni Staudinger, Lori M ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DEMOCRACY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS; ENVIRONMENTALISM; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK;

EID: 46249093343     PISSN: 09644016     EISSN: 17438934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09644010802055634     Document Type: Article

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