On the relative nature of adequate measures: Media representations of the EU energy and climate package

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 492-501

  Uusi Rauva, Christa ^a   Tienari, Janne ^a  

^a HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

Climate change; Cross societal comparison; Discourse; European Union; Media

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EUROPEAN UNION; MEDIA ROLE;

FINLAND; IRELAND; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77954658306     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2010.03.001     Document Type: Article

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