Civil society, corporate accountability and the politics of climate change

Global Environmental Politics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Newell, Peter ^a  

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY; CIVIL SOCIETY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORPORATE STRATEGY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS; UNITED NATIONS;

EID: 50449092434     PISSN: 15263800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/glep.2008.8.3.122     Document Type: Review

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