Business to the rescue: Private sector actors and global environmental regimes' legitimacy

International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 153-171

  Bled, Amandine J ^a  

^a Sciences Po   (France)

Author keywords

Biodiversity governance; Business environmental strategies; Legitimacy; Privatisation

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POLICY APPROACH; PRIVATIZATION; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

EID: 67349192493     PISSN: 15679764     EISSN: 15731553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10784-009-9092-z     Document Type: Article

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