The national context for transparency-based global environmental governance

Global Environmental Politics

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 120-131

  Florini, Ann ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRATIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; PRIVATIZATION; REGULATORY APPROACH;

EID: 77955341025     PISSN: 15263800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/GLEP_a_00017     Document Type: Article

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