Cosmopolitanism, climate change, and greenhouse emissions trading

International Theory

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 37-69

  Page, Edward A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

climate change; cosmopolitanism; emissions trading; environmental policy; future generations; global justice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863930972     PISSN: 17529719     EISSN: 17529727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1752971910000333     Document Type: Article

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