The legitimacy of multilateral climate governance: A deliberative democratic approach

Critical Policy Studies

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-18

  Stevenson, Hayley ^a   Dryzek, John S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

climate change; democracy; legitimacy; multilateralism; negotiations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861006948     PISSN: 19460171     EISSN: 1946018X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19460171.2012.659879     Document Type: Article

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