Governing renewable energy in the EU: Confronting a governance dilemma

European Political Science

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 18-30

  Hildingsson, Roger ^a   Stripple, Johannes ^a   Jordan, Andrew ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

climate change; energy policy; EU; European governance; renewable energy sources

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856891131     PISSN: 16804333     EISSN: 16820983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/eps.2011.8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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