The future of transparency: Power, pitfalls and promises

Global Environmental Politics

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 132-143

  Mol, Arthur P J ^a,b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 77955322351     PISSN: 15263800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/GLEP_a_00018     Document Type: Article

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