Renewable energy and East Asia's new developmentalism: Towards a low carbon future?

Pacific Review

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 561-587

  Dent, Christopher M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

developmental state; East Asia; energy policy; low carbon development; renewable energy; state capacity

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; CARBON EMISSION; ENERGY POLICY; POLITICAL ECONOMY; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; STATE ROLE; SUSTAINABILITY;

FAR EAST;

EID: 84861714341     PISSN: 09512748     EISSN: 14701332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09512748.2012.728240     Document Type: Article

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