'It's demand, stupid': The failure and future of integrating climate change concerns into UK transport policy

British Politics

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 373-389

  Rayner, Tim ^a   Russel, Duncan ^a   Lorenzoni, Irene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; New labour; Transport policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 60950259690     PISSN: 1746918X     EISSN: 17469198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/bp.2008.9     Document Type: Article

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