When science meets strategic realpolitik: The case of the Copenhagen UN climate change summit

Critical Perspectives on Accounting

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 682-697

  Carter, Chris ^a,b   Clegg, Stewart ^c,d   Wåhlin, Nils ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^e UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Climate change; Institutional logics; Power; Summits

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052405460     PISSN: 10452354     EISSN: 10959955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpa.2011.04.002     Document Type: Article

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