From foe to friend? Business, the tipping point and U.S. climate politics

Business and Politics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Vormedal, Irja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

business; climate politics; environmental governance; tipping point

Indexed keywords

EID: 80755130300     PISSN: 13695258     EISSN: 14693569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1469-3569.1350     Document Type: Article

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