Warming to a redefinition of international security: The consolidation of a norm concerning climate change

International Relations

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 271-292

  Garcia, Denise ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Cities; Climate change; Cop 15; Copenhagen; Global warming; International security; Kyoto; Mayors; Norm internalization; Norms; Security redefinition; Unfccc

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956857873     PISSN: 00471178     EISSN: 17412862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0047117810377373     Document Type: Article

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